War by numbers

2000:Approximate number of Iraqi prisoners of war the US says it has captured.

77: Civilians killed at Basra by cluster bombs, say the Iraqis.

2: Bridges over the Euphrates seized by the advancing US Army.

120: Estimated number of Republican Guards standing their ground at Umm Qasr.

160: Kilometres separating the United States advance guard from Baghdad yesterday.

3: American soldiers missing around Nasiriyah.

5: US soldiers captured at Nasiriyah and put on display for the cameras by Iraq.

4: Bodies of US soldiers killed in fighting around Nasiriyah and put on display for the cameras.

70: Iraqi troops killed in fighting near Najaf.

2: Journalists killed covering the war.

2: Journalists missing.

84: The number of civilians Iraq says have been killed in Baghdad, Tikrit and Basra.

629: Civilians reported wounded in those cities.

2: British pilots killed when their Tornado fighter aircraft was shot down by a US Patriot missile.

1: US soldier killed by a grenade thrown by one of his own.

6500: The number of emails and faxes received by the 2000-strong contingent of Australians in the Gulf.

10: United Nations trucks loaded with emergency supplies sent to southeastern Turkey in anticipation of a refugee exodus.

2: Cruise missiles lose their bearings and land in Turkey instead of Iraq.

500: Approximate number of oil wells in Iraq, nine of which have been torched by the Iraqis.

139: Mines seized by allied forces in the Gulf.

13: Iraqi missiles fired at Kuwait since the fighting started.