During the 1980s, the desert was advancing southward at an estimated rate of six kilometres a year.

On August 13, 1946, the Communists launched their general offensive along the railway, advancing southward.

They cautiously advanced southward, searching for signs of Arnold's fleet.

As North Korean troops advanced southward, the army and military police took custody of the detainees before killing them.

The woods advanced northward and southward over the tundras.

Yet he, too, watched as the leading Edge advanced southward, across the swamp, a gray rain of destruction.

Buell advanced southward into Kentucky and Tennessee in early 1862.

To the north, behind First Company, the clouds continued to darken, advancing inexorably southward.

As the Medieval Warm Period closed in the 13th century, pack ice began to advance southward.

To the north, a wall of clouds had formed and was slowly advancing southward.