Reports were received that a large Japanese force was approaching from the north.

He had looked hard for Harold, as the two forces approached.

The British force approached the town in two divisions, each from a different direction.

In total the allied force approached the size of a division and included nearly 10,000 men.

The two forces of black men, who had gone to war over a dispute about some cattle, approached each other.

And then the news came that a large force of horsemen was approaching from the west.

As the northern force approached the enemy line, engines opened up on them.

Israeli forces approach one of six ships bound for Gaza.

Japanese forces were also approaching the town of Ambon from the south west.