It was a combined operation to the south east of the city and it involved several groupings of fighters backed up by six previously captured tanks and supported by NATO air strikes.
They took the town of Tawurgha with four separate columns cutting off any escape for Gadaffi's troops.
Al Jazeeras Andrew Simmons reports from the town in Northern Libya.
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