Throughout the next week , nearly continuous combat operations by both sides—designed to keep one another pinned down—created stagnated defensive positions near Orsogna and a narrow pit known as `` The Gully '' .

Negotiations Communication between the government and Zapatistas led to Causation agreements Sign_agreement being signed Sign_agreement , but were often not complied Agree_or_refuse_to_act with in the following years as the peace process stagnated Hindering .