With the capture LTTE's main garrison town Mullaittivu yesterday (Jan 25), all seven offensive elements of Sri Lanka Army are now sweeping up remaining LTTE pockets towards the northeastern coast of the Island.According to the battlefield reports, troops of Army 55 Division marching down the coast towards Challai lagoon gained considerable ground during yesterday's operations. A sniper deployed in the forward areas south of Chundikulam confirmed shooting down of an LTTE cadre last evening. Challai remains the last stronghold of the sea tigers where many defence observers expect the terrorist to fight their final battles.Meanwhile troops of Army 58 Division positioned next to the 55 Division when describing battleground counterclockwise are now maneuvering in two frontiers. Troops deployed in northern section of the frontage are heading towards Challai to link up with 55 Division while those in southern section are maneuvering towards Vishvamadhu along with Army 57 Division .Troops of 583 Brigade had daylong confrontations with the terrorists in the Puliyampokkanai area and collected 5 bodies of slain LTTE cadres and 4 T-56 riffles following yesterday's fighting. Also, in the same area snipers confirmed shooting down of 11 LTTE cadres. Meanwhile, troops fighting in the outskirts of Visuamadu found 2 bodies of LTTE cadres along with one multi purpose machine gun on the same day evening. The terrorists reportedly suffered heavy damaged in the fighting occurred in the Kariyalvayal area too.