Gaddafi forces attack
rebels on Ajdabiyah outskirts
* Men, women and children flee Ajdabiyah after attack
* Six killed in fresh shelling in Misrata - rebel spokesman
* British prime minister again rules out ground troops
(Recasts with attack on Ajdabiyah)
By Alexander Dziadosz
AJDABIYAH, Libya, April 17 (Reuters) - Rebels came under fire on the outskirts of Ajdabiyah on Sunday, hemming them in to their eastern outpost and denting their hopes of pushing west to try to end a stalemate in the Libyan war.
One witness said he saw around a dozen rockets land around the western entrance to town, which rebels wanted to use as a staging post to retake the oil port of Brega. Many fled the attack as loud explosions boomed across the town.
"There are still some guys out there at the western gate but the situation isn't very good," said Wassim el-Agouri, a 25-year-old rebel volunteer waiting at Ajdabiyah's eastern gate.
Rebels on Saturday made it into the outskirts of Brega, 50 miles (80 km) to the west, but many fled back to Adjabiyah after six were killed by rockets fired by Gaddafi loyalists on the exposed coastal road joining the two towns. Continued...
