Battlefield sources in the North reveal that 850 civilians have sought refuge with Sri Lanka Army soldiers since last night (Jan 13). These civilians have arrived in several groups at various locations in the Jaffna peninsula and Kilinochchi district escaping the remaining LTTE hiding areas in Wanni. This is the highest number of civilians arrived seeking refuge so far as per the sources.The civilians have told the defence officials that the LTTE is fast loosing its control over the human shield that is being kept in Wanni to save the life of the LTTE leader. With Sri Lanka Army adhering to Zero Civilian Casualty Policy in its maneuvers, the civilians trapped in Wanni are increasingly finding safe routes to cleared areas.In the Jaffna peninsula total of 474 civilians have sought refuge with Sri Lanka Army soldiers. 333 civilians 100 males, 102 females, 63 boys and 68 girls arrived to general area Kevil whilst 141 civilians 42 males, 42 females and 57 children reached chundikulam.In the 58 Division, a total of 376 civilians with in 6 groups have arrived to the general areas Pandisuddan east, North East of Dharmapuram, North of Dharmapuram and Puliyan Pokkanai. A group of 45(males 15, females 15, 8 boys and 7 girls), a group of 144 (males 56, females 46, boys 15, girls 16 and 11 babies), a group of 86 ( males 23, females 29, boys 17 and girls17), a group of 47(males 18, females 15 and girls 14), a group of 50 (males 15, females 11, boys 09, girls 14 and a baby) and a group of 4 (males 2 and females 2) have arrived at above mentioned general areas in separate times.The Army attends to the basic needs of the civilians including to medical requirements and directs them to the civilian welfare centers maintained by the government of Sri Lanka.