Large-scale maps of forts, citadels and key towns proliferated.
The defence forces managed to oust al-Shabaab from key towns, including its port city stronghold of Kismayo.
Since September, the Houthis have managed to take the capital, Sana'a, as well as other key towns and cities.
In local elections, Mr. Milosevic's coalition is expected to win back some key towns from the opposition.
The armed forces defending the government in Baghdad sought to take back or secure key towns just to the north of the capital, including Tikrit.
In late 1899 and early 1900, the Boers defeated the British in a number of major engagements and besieged the key towns of Ladysmith, Mafeking (Mafikeng), and Kimberley.
The Germans, with little more than cotton rags to protect their noses and mouths, captured two key towns but failed to fully take advantage of the attack.
And in recent months, an African Union force, fighting alongside government troops and Ethiopian soldiers, wrested several key towns from the control of Islamist insurgents.
All this was impossible to do, he recognised, while "there was a war going on" and with rebels in control of key towns.
Key towns of literary note include Northampton, one mile west of the Route 9 exit of Interstate 91, and Amherst, six miles east of the same exit.
All eyes will be on key towns and cities that could fall to the FN, including Avignon, Perpignan, Béziers, Fréjus, Brignoles and Tarascon.
