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There were thus ample signs that the war may prove to be a long one, though the "battles" so far have been rather modest skirmishes. The federals, their lines overextended in places, were tending to stick to the roads, while the Ibos, on home ground, were more and more fighting a guerrilla-like war. The Biafrans hope soon to have sturdier stuff with which to fight. They have ordered more than $2.8 million in modern military equipment from abroad, and it is slowly seeping through the federal blockade.