For more than 28 hours CNN senior international correspondent Arwa Damon and photojournalist Brice Lane were with Iraqi special forces as they pushed forward into ISIS-held Mosul on Friday.
Their convoy was leading the operation before it came under attack multiple times. Vehicles were destroyed, soldiers were hurt. Troops and journalists sought shelter in a succession of houses, calling for back-up again and again.
Read Damon's account of the battle, from inside armored vehicles to hiding with a famil in their home.
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