On the 10th, a local insurgent called Hassan Bosayna, said that 8 pro-Gaddafi fighters and 4 rebels were on the 9th. One of the deceased rebels shot by a sniper. A government scout had gone up a telephone mast and was peering towards the rebel held town through binoculars and guiding the ground forces toward the targets he was spying  on[]. Another local rebel called Muftah, said about thee previous days battle:-  "There are Gaddafi forces inside Ajdabiyah in sand-coloured Land Cruisers and we know there are Gaddafi snipers in civilian clothing in the city as well." []. The rebels had  been firing rockets from converted pick-up trucks (technicals) into the peace of desert that form on the outskirts of the town in a possible attempt to prevent any attempts at aflanking manoeuvre by government forces[].