As reporters returned from the national museum to their hotels beside the Tigris tonight, marines guarding the hotels were caught in a heavy firefight with Iraqis across the river, and the neighborhoods erupted with tank and heavy machine-gun fire.

• 当记者当晚从国家博物馆返回他们在底格里斯河边上的饭店的时候，正在守卫宾馆的海军陆战队员正在与河对岸的伊拉克人激烈交火。