In the far south, British forces fought on the fringes of the beleaguered city of Basra, while the first substantial relief convoy reached the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr on Wednesday after weathering a blinding sandstorm.

• 在南方，英军正在被围困的巴士拉郊外战斗，第一批救援物资在令人不见五指的沙尘暴天气后于周三已经到达伊拉克港口乌姆盖斯尔。