Кіріспе
Фолкленд соғысы кезінде болған шайқас
40 Командос
45 Командос
29-шы Командос полкі
59-шы Тәуелсіз Командос эскадрильясы
Корольдік Әскери-теңіз флоты
| units2 = 4-ші жаяу әскер полкі 6-шы жаяу әскер полкі
| strength1 = 600 Корольдік теңізшісі 6 жеңіл зеңбірек 1 эсминец (HMS Glamorgan)
| strength2 = 350 1 жағалау зымырандық батареясы
| casualties1 = 8 құрлықта қаза тапты. HMS Glamorgan-да 14 қаза тапты, құрлықта 17 жарақаттанды. HMS Glamorgan-дағы саны белгісіз. 1 эсминец зақымдалды
| casualties2 = 20 қаза тапты 50 жарақаттанды 54 тұтқынға алынды
45 Commando
29th Commando Regiment
59 Independent Commando Squadron
Royal Navy
| units2 = 4th Infantry Regiment6th Infantry Regiment
| strength1 = 600 Royal Marines6 light guns1 destroyer (HMS Glamorgan)
| strength2 = 3501 shore missile battery
| casualties1 = 8 killed on land. 14 killed on HMS Glamorgan 17 wounded on land. unknown on HMS Glamorgan.1 destroyer damaged
| casualties2 = 20 killed50 wounded54 captured
Аргентиналық күштер бастапқыда майор Рикардо Кордонның басқаруымен Челленджер тауын басып алды, олар 4-ші жаяу әскер полкінен (Regimiento de Infantería 4 немесе RI 4) тұрды, қорғаудың көп бөлігі C ротасынан: 1-ші взвод (подпоручик Мигель Москера Гутьеррес) және 2-ші взвод (подпоручик Хорхе Перес Гранди) екі апалы-сіңлілер тауының солтүстік шыңында, ал 3-ші взвод (подпоручик Марсело Лламбиас Праваз) оңтүстік шыңында, сондай-ақ 1-ші взвод A ротасы (подпоручик Хуан Назер) және қолдау взводы (екінші лейтенант Луис Карлос Мартелла) екеуінің арасында орналасты. Майор Оскар Рамон Хайметтің 6-шы механикаландырылған жаяу әскер полкінің (Regimiento de Infantería Mecanizado 6 RI Mec 6) B ротасы, жергілікті резерв ретінде, Two Sisters және Mount Longdon таулары арасындағы қыратты басып алды. Маусым айының басында Хайметтің ротасы 12-ші полктің B ротасынан екінші лейтенант Марсело Оскар Доригон басқаратын қолдау взводымен күшейтілді, бұл взвод Goose Green шайқасы кезінде күштерді жеткізіп келгеннен кейін Mount Kent тауында қалған еді.
Ешкімнің жері
1 маусымнан бастап, Екі қарындас және Харриет тауындағы 4-ші жаяу әскер полкіне лейтенант-полковник Диего Сория суық ауа-райы рационын пайдалануға рұқсат берді, бұл жауынгерлердің рухын көтеріп, аштықты бақылауға көмектесті. 2 маусымда 4-ші полктің операциялық офицері, капитан Карлос Альфредо Лопес Паттерсон, Екі қарындасты қорғауға көмектесу үшін келді. Ол мылтық жасақтарына барып, қорғаушыларды хабардар ету және олардың моральдық жағдайын көтеру үшін сапар шекті:
In those visits, one thing that always moved me was that, while I saluted Second Lieutenant Llambias Pravaz, the soldiers in that platoon would clap and they cheered. It must have been because they noticed that I was recognizing the valour they were acquiring in that place. Because they were very isolated, waiting for the enemy, just them and their souls. Or, perhaps, because seeing their commander who is going to share a few words a brotherly gesture of a young man towards other young people they felt their desire revived to fight. One day, a lad approached me and said "Since we have got to dance in this one, we are going to do it well. We are going to support the Second Lieutenant who has fallen sick and still remains with us. We have got to help the one whose feet get cold or the one who freaks out. Because from here we all leave together or no one leaves at all". What could I say? On 4 June, the three rifle companies of 45 CDO advanced on Bluff Cove Peak, on the lower slopes of Mount Kent, and were able to occupy the feature without opposition and were met by patrols from the Special Air Service (SAS). On the night of 29 May, a fierce firefight had developed over capturing the two important hills, as they were intended to form part of an Argentine Special Forces line. Captain Andrés Ferrero's patrol (3rd Assault Section, 602 Commando Company) reached the base of Mount Kent but were then promptly pinned down by machinegun and mortar fire. First Sergeant Raimundo Máximo Viltes was badly wounded when a bullet shattered his heel. Air Troop had two SAS men wounded by rifle fire. Probing attacks around the D Squadron, SAS positions continued throughout the night and at 11:00 am local time on 30 May, about 12 Argentine Commandos (Captain Tomás Fernández's 2nd Assault Section, 602 Commando Company) tried to get up the summit of Bluff Cove Peak, but were driven off by D Squadron who killed two of the attackers, First Lieutenant Rubén Eduardo Márquez and Sergeant Óscar Humberto Blas. First Lieutenant Márquez and Sergeant Blas had shown great personal courage and leadership in the contact and were posthumously awarded the Argentine Medal of Valour in Combat. During this contact, the SAS suffered another two casualties from grenade and rock fragments after the Argentine Commandos had stumbled on a camp occupied by 15 SAS troopers. Throughout 30 May, Royal Air Force Harriers were active over Mount Kent. One of them, responding to a call for help from D Squadron SAS, was badly damaged by ground fire while attacking Mount Kent's eastern lower slopes. Sub Lieutenant Llambías Pravaz's platoon was later credited with the destruction of Harrier XZ963 flown by Squadron Leader Jerry Pook while others claim the British fighter bomber ran into fire from a battery of 35 mm Oerlikons under the command of 2nd Lieutenant Roberto Enrique Ferre of the 601st Anti Aircraft Artillery Group. The Harrier crashed into the sea 30 miles from the carrier HMS Hermes, Squadron Leader Pook ejected and was rescued. On 5 June, two Royal Air Force Harriers operating from 'Sids Strip', the San Carlos Forward Operating Base, attacked the Argentine defenders on Two Sisters with rockets around midday. A heavy mist hung over the Murrell River area, which assisted the 45 Commando Recce Troop to reach and sometimes penetrate the Argentine 3rd Platoon position under Sub Lieutenant Marcelo Llambías Pravaz. Marine Andrew Tubb of Recce Troop was on these patrols:
blockquote|We were actually inside the Argentine position, so we ended up shelling ourselves. We did a lot of patrols up to Two Sisters that time [6 June] we pepper potted [fire and maneouver] for about 400 metres to get out [the 3rd Platoon Sergeant, Ramón Valdez, had launched a counter ambush. ], through the Argy lines firing 66 [mm] rockets to fight through and regroup. We got artillery again to smoke us out. It took us well over an hour to get away and it seemed like a few minutes. We killed seventeen of them [two Army privates, Jose Romero and Andres Rodriguez, and three Sappers of a Marine mine laying party were actually killed. In general terms, the Argentines were thoroughly entrenched, about 6,000 metres or less across no man's land. The Argentine positions were mined and heavily patrolled. The 4th Regiment also carried out patrolling, and on the night of 6–7 June, Corporal Oscar Nicolás Albornoz Guevara along with eight conscripts (including Private Orlando Héctor Stella, his pathfinder) from Subteniente Miguel Mosquera Gutierrez's 1st Platoon crossed Murrell River and reached the area of Estancia Mountain where they detected a number of British vehicles, but the patrol soon came under mortar fire from 3 PARA and had to withdraw. On 8 June, Corporal Hugo Gabino MacDougall from the 6th Regiment's B Company claimed to have shot down a Harrier, with a shoulder launched Blowpipe missile. The British admit the loss of a GR 3 Harrier (XZ 989) on this day when it made an emergency landing at San Carlos due to battle damage. The pilot (Wing Commander Peter Squire) was able to safely eject, but the Harrier was damaged beyond repair. The 12th Regiment Support Platoon under Subteniente Dorigón attached to Major Jaimet's B Company would reportedly live off the land. Private Ángel Ramírez:
We ate raw sheep, we would butcher sheep and place it on flames. You know that the soil in the Malvinas Islands is like coal, it is black turf, you dig a hole, light a fire, and it is all like petrol, everything burns. We ate barbecued sheep, we ate it half raw and cooked. At about 2.10 am local time on 10 June a strong 45 Commando fighting patrol probed the 3rd Platoon position. In the ensuing fight that took place near Murrell River, Special Forces Sergeants Mario Antonio Cisneros and Ramón Gumercindo Acosta were killed; two more Argentine Special Forces lying in ambush positions near Cola del Dragón (Dragon's Tail) for the Royal Marines were wounded. The British military historian Bruce Quarrie later wrote:
A constant series of patrols were undertaken at night to scout out and harass the enemy. Typical was the patrol sent out in the early hours of the morning of 10 June. Lieutenant David Stewart of X Ray Company, 45 Commando, had briefed his men during the previous afternoon, and by midnight they were ready. Heavily armed, with two machine guns per section, plus 66 mm rocket launchers and 2 inch mortars, the Troop moved off stealthily into the moonlit night towards a ridge some four km away from where Argentine movement had been observed. Keeping well spaced out because of the good visibility, they moved across the rocky ground using the numerous shell holes for cover, and by 04.00 [1 am local time], were set to cross the final stretch of open ground in front of the enemy positions. Using a shallow stream for cover, they moved up the slope and deployed into position among the rocks in front of the Argentine trenches. With the help of a light intensifying night scope, they could see sentries moving about. Suddenly, an Argentine machine gun opened fire and the Marines launched a couple of flares from their mortar, firing back with their own machine guns and rifles. Within seconds three Argentine soldiers and two [Royal] Marines were dead. Other figures could be seen running on the hill to the left, and four more Argentine soldiers fell to the accuracy of the Marines' fire. By this time, the Argentine troops further up the slope were wide awake, and a hail of fire forced the [British] Marines to crouch in the shelter of the rocks. The situation was becoming decidedly unhealthy and Lieutenant Stewart decided to retire, with the objective of killing and harassing the enemy well and truly accomplished. However, a machine gun to the Marines' right was pouring fire over their getaway route, and Stewart sent his veteran Sergeant, Jolly, with a couple of other men to take it out [They knew they were cut off with what looked a poor chance of escape. In these circumstances any panic or break in morale and the game was up]. After a difficult approach with little cover, there was a short burst of fire and the Argentine machine gun fell silent. Leapfrogging by sections, the Troop retreated to the stream, by which time the Argentine fire was falling short and there were no further casualties.|Bruce Quarrie|The Worlds Elite Forces, pp.53 54, Octopus Books Limited, 1985
Major Aldo Rico, commander of the 602 Commando Company, had a lucky escape in this engagement, when an enemy 66mm projectile exploded uncomfortably close to him and First Lieutenant Horacio Fernando Lauría. Captain Hugo Ranieri, who took part in this intense engagement as a specialist sniper, claims that First Lieutenant Jorge Vizoso Posse, although wounded, shot three of the retreating Royal Marines in the back. First Lieutenant Horacio Fernando Lauría and Sergeant Orlando Aguirre claim to have destroyed a British machine gun with rifle grenades fired at point blank range in this engagement. On that same night (9–10 June), a friendly fire incident occurred when a mortar section returning from a reconnaissance patrol were mistaken for Argentines in the dark and a British rifle platoon opened fire on them. In the confusion, four Royal Marines (Sergeant Robert Leeming, Corporals Andrew Uren, Peter Fitton and Marine Keith Phillips) were killed and three were wounded. Corporal Fitton was killed by a mortar round early in the action. The next day, Sub Lieutenant Llambías Pravaz's men recovered the rucksacks and weapons the Royal Marines had left behind, and these were presented as war trophies to Argentine war correspondents in Port Stanley who filmed and photographed the British equipment. The Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre also carried out patrolling against Two Sisters; Sergeant Joseph Wassell and Lieutenant Fraser Haddow played an important part in the capture of the mountain when they discovered with their binoculars from their observation post on Goat Ridge, the command detonated barrels of mines the Argentinian Marine engineers (under the direction of Major Jaimet) had dug in and planned to use on the saddle and eastern half of the mountain. On 11 June, several GR 3 Harriers took off from San Carlos airbase to drop cluster bombs on Mounts Longdon, Harriet and Two Sisters Mountain.
Осы сапарларда, маған әсер еткен нәрсе – екінші лейтенант Лламбиас Правазға амандасқанда, сол взводтың жауынгерлері қол соғысып, шу көтеріп қарсы алатын. Бұл, әлдебір себеппен, мен олардың осы жерде көрсеткен ерліктерін мойындағанымды байқағандықтарынан болған шығар. Олар өте оқшауланған, жауды күтіп, тек өздері мен өз жандарымен ғана болды. Немесе, мүмкін, олардың командирлерін көріп, ол олармен бірнеше сөз айтады – жас жігіттің басқа жастарға деген бауырластық сезімі – олардың соғысуға деген құштарлығын қайта оятқан шығар. Бір күні бір жігіт маған келіп: «Егер бізге осы биге қатысуға тура келсе, онда біз оны жақсы билейміз. Ауырған, бірақ әлі де бізбен бірге қалған екінші лейтенантқа қолдау көрсетеміз. Аяғы суық тиген немесе қорқып қалған адамға көмектесуіміз керек. Өйткені осы жерден бәріміз бірге кетеміз, немесе ешкім кетпейді», – деді. Мен не десем болады? 4 маусымда 45 CDO-ның үш мылтық ротасы Блафф Коув шыңына, Кент тауының төменгі беткейіне қарай жылды. Олар қарсылықсыз нысанды басып алды және Арнайы әуе күштерінің (SAS) патрульдерімен кездесті. 29 мамыр түнінде екі маңызды төбелерді басып алу үшін қызу шайқас болды, өйткені олар Аргентинаның арнайы күштерінің желісінің бір бөлігін құрайтын. Капитан Андрес Феррероның патрулі (602-ші коммандос ротасының 3-ші шабуыл бөлімі) Кент тауының басына жетті, бірақ бірден автоматтар мен миномет отына түсті. Бірінші сержант Раймундо Максимо Вильтес оқ өкшесін сындырып, ауыр жарақат алды. Әуе әскерінің екі SAS адамы мылтықпен атылған. D эскадрильясының айналасындағы шабуылдарды тексеру, SAS позициялары түн бойы жалғасты және 30 мамыр күні жергілікті уақыт бойынша сағат 11:00-де шамамен 12 аргентиналық коммандос (капитан Томас Фернандес 2-ші шабуыл бөлімі, 602-ші коммандос ротасы) Блафф Коув шыңына көтерілуге тырысты, бірақ оларды D эскадрильясы шабуылшылардың екеуін, бірінші лейтенант Рубен Эдуардо Маркес пен сержант Оскар Хумберто Бласты өлтірді. Бірінші лейтенант Маркес пен сержант Блас ұрыста үлкен батылдық пен көшбасшылық танытты және олар Аргентинаның «Жауынгерлік ерлік» медалімен марапатталды. Бұл кезде СС-тың 15 әскері орналасқан лагерьге Аргентинаның командостары тап болғаннан кейін гранаталар мен тау-кен бөлшектерінен тағы екі адам қаза тапты. 30 мамыр күні бойы Корольдік әуе күштері Харриерлері Кент тауының үстінде белсенді болды. Олардың бірі D эскадрильясының SAS-тен көмек сұраған кезде, Кент тауының шығыс төменгі беткейіне шабуыл жасаған кезде жер бетінен атылған оттан қатты зақымдалды. Кейінірек лейтенант Лламбиас Праваздың взводы эскадрилья басшысы Джерри Пук ұшқан XZ963 Harrier-ді жойғаны үшін мақталды, ал басқалары британдық истребитель-бомбардировщик 35 мм Oerlikons батареясынан отқа ұшырап, 601-ші зениттік артиллерия тобының 2-ші лейтенанты Роберто Энрике Ферредің қолбасшылығымен. «Харриер» кемесі «Гермес» кемесіне 50 шақырым қашықтықта құлаған, эскадронның басшысы Пук құлап, құтқарылған. 5 маусымда «Сидс-Стрип» – Сан-Карлос форвард операциялық базасынан жұмыс істейтін екі Корольдік әуе күштері Харриерлері түскі уақытта Екі қарындастағы аргентиналық қорғаушыларға зымыранмен шабуыл жасады. Мюррелл өзені ауданында қатты тұман көтеріліп, 45-ші коммандос Recce жасағына көмектесті, кейде подполковник Марсело Лламбиас Праваздың басшылығымен Аргентинаның 3-ші взводының позициясына жетіп, кейде еніп кірді. Recce жасағы бұл патрульдерге қатысты. Біз екі апатты кемеге дейін көп патрульдік сапарлар жасадық [6 маусым] біз қымыз құты [өрт және маневр] шамамен 400 метрге дейін шықты [3-ші взводтың сержанты Рамон Вальдес қарсы тұзақ құрды. Арги желілері арқылы 66 мм-лік ракеталар атып, соғысып, қайта топтасамыз. Бізді қайтадан өртеп шығаратын артиллерия бар. Бізге бір сағаттан астам уақыт кетті, бірақ бірнеше минуттай көрінді. Біз олардың он жетісін өлтірдік [екінші қатардағы екі әскери сарбаз, Хосе Ромеро мен Андрес Родригес, және үш теңізші минаны орналастыру тобының саперлері шынымен де өлтірілді. Жалпы алғанда, аргентиналықтар ешкімнің жерінде 6000 метр немесе одан аз жерде тұрып, қатаң қорғаныста болды. Аргентиналық позициялар миналанған және қатты патрульделген. 4-полк патрульдік іс-қимылдарды да жүргізді, ал 6-7 маусым түндегі 6-шы полктің B ротасынан корпорал Оскар Николас Альборнос Гуэвара сегіз әскери қызметшімен (жекелей Орландо Эктор Стелла, оның жолбасшысы) подполковник Мигель Москера Гутьеррес басқаратын 1-ші взводтан Мюррелл өзенін кесіп өтіп, Эстансия тауының ауданына жетті, онда олар бірнеше британдық көліктерін байқады, бірақ патруль бірден 3 PARA-дан миномет отына түсті және кері шегінуге мәжбүр болды. 8 маусымда 6-шы полктің B ротасынан корпорал Уго Габино Макдугалл иықтан атылатын Blowpipe зымыранымен Харриерді атып түсірдім деп мәлімдеді. Британдықтар осы күні шайқасқа байланысты зақымдалғандықтан San Carlos жеріне шұғыл қонған GR 3 Harrier (XZ 989) жоғалғанын мойындады. Пилот (эскадрилья басшысы Питер Сквайр) қауіпсіз түрде құлап, құтқарылды, бірақ Харриер жөндеуге келмейтіндей зақымдалды. Майор Жайметтің B ротасына қосылған 12-ші полк қолдау взводы подполковник Доригон басқаратын, жерден тамақтанып өмір сүретін болады. Жекелей Анхель Рамирес:
In those visits, one thing that always moved me was that, while I saluted Second Lieutenant Llambias Pravaz, the soldiers in that platoon would clap and they cheered. It must have been because they noticed that I was recognizing the valour they were acquiring in that place. Because they were very isolated, waiting for the enemy, just them and their souls. Or, perhaps, because seeing their commander who is going to share a few words a brotherly gesture of a young man towards other young people they felt their desire revived to fight. One day, a lad approached me and said "Since we have got to dance in this one, we are going to do it well. We are going to support the Second Lieutenant who has fallen sick and still remains with us. We have got to help the one whose feet get cold or the one who freaks out. Because from here we all leave together or no one leaves at all". What could I say? On 4 June, the three rifle companies of 45 CDO advanced on Bluff Cove Peak, on the lower slopes of Mount Kent, and were able to occupy the feature without opposition and were met by patrols from the Special Air Service (SAS). On the night of 29 May, a fierce firefight had developed over capturing the two important hills, as they were intended to form part of an Argentine Special Forces line. Captain Andrés Ferrero's patrol (3rd Assault Section, 602 Commando Company) reached the base of Mount Kent but were then promptly pinned down by machinegun and mortar fire. First Sergeant Raimundo Máximo Viltes was badly wounded when a bullet shattered his heel. Air Troop had two SAS men wounded by rifle fire. Probing attacks around the D Squadron, SAS positions continued throughout the night and at 11:00 am local time on 30 May, about 12 Argentine Commandos (Captain Tomás Fernández's 2nd Assault Section, 602 Commando Company) tried to get up the summit of Bluff Cove Peak, but were driven off by D Squadron who killed two of the attackers, First Lieutenant Rubén Eduardo Márquez and Sergeant Óscar Humberto Blas. First Lieutenant Márquez and Sergeant Blas had shown great personal courage and leadership in the contact and were posthumously awarded the Argentine Medal of Valour in Combat. During this contact, the SAS suffered another two casualties from grenade and rock fragments after the Argentine Commandos had stumbled on a camp occupied by 15 SAS troopers. Throughout 30 May, Royal Air Force Harriers were active over Mount Kent. One of them, responding to a call for help from D Squadron SAS, was badly damaged by ground fire while attacking Mount Kent's eastern lower slopes. Sub Lieutenant Llambías Pravaz's platoon was later credited with the destruction of Harrier XZ963 flown by Squadron Leader Jerry Pook while others claim the British fighter bomber ran into fire from a battery of 35 mm Oerlikons under the command of 2nd Lieutenant Roberto Enrique Ferre of the 601st Anti Aircraft Artillery Group. The Harrier crashed into the sea 30 miles from the carrier HMS Hermes, Squadron Leader Pook ejected and was rescued. On 5 June, two Royal Air Force Harriers operating from 'Sids Strip', the San Carlos Forward Operating Base, attacked the Argentine defenders on Two Sisters with rockets around midday. A heavy mist hung over the Murrell River area, which assisted the 45 Commando Recce Troop to reach and sometimes penetrate the Argentine 3rd Platoon position under Sub Lieutenant Marcelo Llambías Pravaz. Marine Andrew Tubb of Recce Troop was on these patrols:
blockquote|We were actually inside the Argentine position, so we ended up shelling ourselves. We did a lot of patrols up to Two Sisters that time [6 June] we pepper potted [fire and maneouver] for about 400 metres to get out [the 3rd Platoon Sergeant, Ramón Valdez, had launched a counter ambush. ], through the Argy lines firing 66 [mm] rockets to fight through and regroup. We got artillery again to smoke us out. It took us well over an hour to get away and it seemed like a few minutes. We killed seventeen of them [two Army privates, Jose Romero and Andres Rodriguez, and three Sappers of a Marine mine laying party were actually killed. In general terms, the Argentines were thoroughly entrenched, about 6,000 metres or less across no man's land. The Argentine positions were mined and heavily patrolled. The 4th Regiment also carried out patrolling, and on the night of 6–7 June, Corporal Oscar Nicolás Albornoz Guevara along with eight conscripts (including Private Orlando Héctor Stella, his pathfinder) from Subteniente Miguel Mosquera Gutierrez's 1st Platoon crossed Murrell River and reached the area of Estancia Mountain where they detected a number of British vehicles, but the patrol soon came under mortar fire from 3 PARA and had to withdraw. On 8 June, Corporal Hugo Gabino MacDougall from the 6th Regiment's B Company claimed to have shot down a Harrier, with a shoulder launched Blowpipe missile. The British admit the loss of a GR 3 Harrier (XZ 989) on this day when it made an emergency landing at San Carlos due to battle damage. The pilot (Wing Commander Peter Squire) was able to safely eject, but the Harrier was damaged beyond repair. The 12th Regiment Support Platoon under Subteniente Dorigón attached to Major Jaimet's B Company would reportedly live off the land. Private Ángel Ramírez:
We ate raw sheep, we would butcher sheep and place it on flames. You know that the soil in the Malvinas Islands is like coal, it is black turf, you dig a hole, light a fire, and it is all like petrol, everything burns. We ate barbecued sheep, we ate it half raw and cooked. At about 2.10 am local time on 10 June a strong 45 Commando fighting patrol probed the 3rd Platoon position. In the ensuing fight that took place near Murrell River, Special Forces Sergeants Mario Antonio Cisneros and Ramón Gumercindo Acosta were killed; two more Argentine Special Forces lying in ambush positions near Cola del Dragón (Dragon's Tail) for the Royal Marines were wounded. The British military historian Bruce Quarrie later wrote:
A constant series of patrols were undertaken at night to scout out and harass the enemy. Typical was the patrol sent out in the early hours of the morning of 10 June. Lieutenant David Stewart of X Ray Company, 45 Commando, had briefed his men during the previous afternoon, and by midnight they were ready. Heavily armed, with two machine guns per section, plus 66 mm rocket launchers and 2 inch mortars, the Troop moved off stealthily into the moonlit night towards a ridge some four km away from where Argentine movement had been observed. Keeping well spaced out because of the good visibility, they moved across the rocky ground using the numerous shell holes for cover, and by 04.00 [1 am local time], were set to cross the final stretch of open ground in front of the enemy positions. Using a shallow stream for cover, they moved up the slope and deployed into position among the rocks in front of the Argentine trenches. With the help of a light intensifying night scope, they could see sentries moving about. Suddenly, an Argentine machine gun opened fire and the Marines launched a couple of flares from their mortar, firing back with their own machine guns and rifles. Within seconds three Argentine soldiers and two [Royal] Marines were dead. Other figures could be seen running on the hill to the left, and four more Argentine soldiers fell to the accuracy of the Marines' fire. By this time, the Argentine troops further up the slope were wide awake, and a hail of fire forced the [British] Marines to crouch in the shelter of the rocks. The situation was becoming decidedly unhealthy and Lieutenant Stewart decided to retire, with the objective of killing and harassing the enemy well and truly accomplished. However, a machine gun to the Marines' right was pouring fire over their getaway route, and Stewart sent his veteran Sergeant, Jolly, with a couple of other men to take it out [They knew they were cut off with what looked a poor chance of escape. In these circumstances any panic or break in morale and the game was up]. After a difficult approach with little cover, there was a short burst of fire and the Argentine machine gun fell silent. Leapfrogging by sections, the Troop retreated to the stream, by which time the Argentine fire was falling short and there were no further casualties.|Bruce Quarrie|The Worlds Elite Forces, pp.53 54, Octopus Books Limited, 1985
Major Aldo Rico, commander of the 602 Commando Company, had a lucky escape in this engagement, when an enemy 66mm projectile exploded uncomfortably close to him and First Lieutenant Horacio Fernando Lauría. Captain Hugo Ranieri, who took part in this intense engagement as a specialist sniper, claims that First Lieutenant Jorge Vizoso Posse, although wounded, shot three of the retreating Royal Marines in the back. First Lieutenant Horacio Fernando Lauría and Sergeant Orlando Aguirre claim to have destroyed a British machine gun with rifle grenades fired at point blank range in this engagement. On that same night (9–10 June), a friendly fire incident occurred when a mortar section returning from a reconnaissance patrol were mistaken for Argentines in the dark and a British rifle platoon opened fire on them. In the confusion, four Royal Marines (Sergeant Robert Leeming, Corporals Andrew Uren, Peter Fitton and Marine Keith Phillips) were killed and three were wounded. Corporal Fitton was killed by a mortar round early in the action. The next day, Sub Lieutenant Llambías Pravaz's men recovered the rucksacks and weapons the Royal Marines had left behind, and these were presented as war trophies to Argentine war correspondents in Port Stanley who filmed and photographed the British equipment. The Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre also carried out patrolling against Two Sisters; Sergeant Joseph Wassell and Lieutenant Fraser Haddow played an important part in the capture of the mountain when they discovered with their binoculars from their observation post on Goat Ridge, the command detonated barrels of mines the Argentinian Marine engineers (under the direction of Major Jaimet) had dug in and planned to use on the saddle and eastern half of the mountain. On 11 June, several GR 3 Harriers took off from San Carlos airbase to drop cluster bombs on Mounts Longdon, Harriet and Two Sisters Mountain.
«Біз шикі қой етін жедік, қойды сойып, отқа қоятынбыз. Мальвин аралдарындағы топырақ көмірге ұқсайтынын білесіз, ол қара түркі, сіз шұңқыр қазып, от жағып, барлығы бензинге ұқсайды, барлығы жанады. Біз шашлыктан сойылған қой етін жедік, оны жартылай шикі және пісірілген күйінде жедік». 10 маусымда жергілікті уақыт бойынша сағат 2:10-да 45 CDO-ның күшті шайқас патрулі 3-ші взводтың позициясын тексерді. Мюррелл өзенінің жанында болған шайқаста Арнайы күштер сержанттары Марио Антонио Сиснерос пен Рамон Гумерсиндо Акоста қаза тапты, ал «Драконның құйрығы» (Dragon's Tail) маңында Арнайы күштердің екі жауынгері, Корольдік теңізшілерге шабуыл жасауға дайындалып жатқанда жараланды. Британдық әскери тарихшы Брюс Куарри кейінірек былай жазды:
In those visits, one thing that always moved me was that, while I saluted Second Lieutenant Llambias Pravaz, the soldiers in that platoon would clap and they cheered. It must have been because they noticed that I was recognizing the valour they were acquiring in that place. Because they were very isolated, waiting for the enemy, just them and their souls. Or, perhaps, because seeing their commander who is going to share a few words a brotherly gesture of a young man towards other young people they felt their desire revived to fight. One day, a lad approached me and said "Since we have got to dance in this one, we are going to do it well. We are going to support the Second Lieutenant who has fallen sick and still remains with us. We have got to help the one whose feet get cold or the one who freaks out. Because from here we all leave together or no one leaves at all". What could I say? On 4 June, the three rifle companies of 45 CDO advanced on Bluff Cove Peak, on the lower slopes of Mount Kent, and were able to occupy the feature without opposition and were met by patrols from the Special Air Service (SAS). On the night of 29 May, a fierce firefight had developed over capturing the two important hills, as they were intended to form part of an Argentine Special Forces line. Captain Andrés Ferrero's patrol (3rd Assault Section, 602 Commando Company) reached the base of Mount Kent but were then promptly pinned down by machinegun and mortar fire. First Sergeant Raimundo Máximo Viltes was badly wounded when a bullet shattered his heel. Air Troop had two SAS men wounded by rifle fire. Probing attacks around the D Squadron, SAS positions continued throughout the night and at 11:00 am local time on 30 May, about 12 Argentine Commandos (Captain Tomás Fernández's 2nd Assault Section, 602 Commando Company) tried to get up the summit of Bluff Cove Peak, but were driven off by D Squadron who killed two of the attackers, First Lieutenant Rubén Eduardo Márquez and Sergeant Óscar Humberto Blas. First Lieutenant Márquez and Sergeant Blas had shown great personal courage and leadership in the contact and were posthumously awarded the Argentine Medal of Valour in Combat. During this contact, the SAS suffered another two casualties from grenade and rock fragments after the Argentine Commandos had stumbled on a camp occupied by 15 SAS troopers. Throughout 30 May, Royal Air Force Harriers were active over Mount Kent. One of them, responding to a call for help from D Squadron SAS, was badly damaged by ground fire while attacking Mount Kent's eastern lower slopes. Sub Lieutenant Llambías Pravaz's platoon was later credited with the destruction of Harrier XZ963 flown by Squadron Leader Jerry Pook while others claim the British fighter bomber ran into fire from a battery of 35 mm Oerlikons under the command of 2nd Lieutenant Roberto Enrique Ferre of the 601st Anti Aircraft Artillery Group. The Harrier crashed into the sea 30 miles from the carrier HMS Hermes, Squadron Leader Pook ejected and was rescued. On 5 June, two Royal Air Force Harriers operating from 'Sids Strip', the San Carlos Forward Operating Base, attacked the Argentine defenders on Two Sisters with rockets around midday. A heavy mist hung over the Murrell River area, which assisted the 45 Commando Recce Troop to reach and sometimes penetrate the Argentine 3rd Platoon position under Sub Lieutenant Marcelo Llambías Pravaz. Marine Andrew Tubb of Recce Troop was on these patrols:
blockquote|We were actually inside the Argentine position, so we ended up shelling ourselves. We did a lot of patrols up to Two Sisters that time [6 June] we pepper potted [fire and maneouver] for about 400 metres to get out [the 3rd Platoon Sergeant, Ramón Valdez, had launched a counter ambush. ], through the Argy lines firing 66 [mm] rockets to fight through and regroup. We got artillery again to smoke us out. It took us well over an hour to get away and it seemed like a few minutes. We killed seventeen of them [two Army privates, Jose Romero and Andres Rodriguez, and three Sappers of a Marine mine laying party were actually killed. In general terms, the Argentines were thoroughly entrenched, about 6,000 metres or less across no man's land. The Argentine positions were mined and heavily patrolled. The 4th Regiment also carried out patrolling, and on the night of 6–7 June, Corporal Oscar Nicolás Albornoz Guevara along with eight conscripts (including Private Orlando Héctor Stella, his pathfinder) from Subteniente Miguel Mosquera Gutierrez's 1st Platoon crossed Murrell River and reached the area of Estancia Mountain where they detected a number of British vehicles, but the patrol soon came under mortar fire from 3 PARA and had to withdraw. On 8 June, Corporal Hugo Gabino MacDougall from the 6th Regiment's B Company claimed to have shot down a Harrier, with a shoulder launched Blowpipe missile. The British admit the loss of a GR 3 Harrier (XZ 989) on this day when it made an emergency landing at San Carlos due to battle damage. The pilot (Wing Commander Peter Squire) was able to safely eject, but the Harrier was damaged beyond repair. The 12th Regiment Support Platoon under Subteniente Dorigón attached to Major Jaimet's B Company would reportedly live off the land. Private Ángel Ramírez:
We ate raw sheep, we would butcher sheep and place it on flames. You know that the soil in the Malvinas Islands is like coal, it is black turf, you dig a hole, light a fire, and it is all like petrol, everything burns. We ate barbecued sheep, we ate it half raw and cooked. At about 2.10 am local time on 10 June a strong 45 Commando fighting patrol probed the 3rd Platoon position. In the ensuing fight that took place near Murrell River, Special Forces Sergeants Mario Antonio Cisneros and Ramón Gumercindo Acosta were killed; two more Argentine Special Forces lying in ambush positions near Cola del Dragón (Dragon's Tail) for the Royal Marines were wounded. The British military historian Bruce Quarrie later wrote:
A constant series of patrols were undertaken at night to scout out and harass the enemy. Typical was the patrol sent out in the early hours of the morning of 10 June. Lieutenant David Stewart of X Ray Company, 45 Commando, had briefed his men during the previous afternoon, and by midnight they were ready. Heavily armed, with two machine guns per section, plus 66 mm rocket launchers and 2 inch mortars, the Troop moved off stealthily into the moonlit night towards a ridge some four km away from where Argentine movement had been observed. Keeping well spaced out because of the good visibility, they moved across the rocky ground using the numerous shell holes for cover, and by 04.00 [1 am local time], were set to cross the final stretch of open ground in front of the enemy positions. Using a shallow stream for cover, they moved up the slope and deployed into position among the rocks in front of the Argentine trenches. With the help of a light intensifying night scope, they could see sentries moving about. Suddenly, an Argentine machine gun opened fire and the Marines launched a couple of flares from their mortar, firing back with their own machine guns and rifles. Within seconds three Argentine soldiers and two [Royal] Marines were dead. Other figures could be seen running on the hill to the left, and four more Argentine soldiers fell to the accuracy of the Marines' fire. By this time, the Argentine troops further up the slope were wide awake, and a hail of fire forced the [British] Marines to crouch in the shelter of the rocks. The situation was becoming decidedly unhealthy and Lieutenant Stewart decided to retire, with the objective of killing and harassing the enemy well and truly accomplished. However, a machine gun to the Marines' right was pouring fire over their getaway route, and Stewart sent his veteran Sergeant, Jolly, with a couple of other men to take it out [They knew they were cut off with what looked a poor chance of escape. In these circumstances any panic or break in morale and the game was up]. After a difficult approach with little cover, there was a short burst of fire and the Argentine machine gun fell silent. Leapfrogging by sections, the Troop retreated to the stream, by which time the Argentine fire was falling short and there were no further casualties.|Bruce Quarrie|The Worlds Elite Forces, pp.53 54, Octopus Books Limited, 1985
Major Aldo Rico, commander of the 602 Commando Company, had a lucky escape in this engagement, when an enemy 66mm projectile exploded uncomfortably close to him and First Lieutenant Horacio Fernando Lauría. Captain Hugo Ranieri, who took part in this intense engagement as a specialist sniper, claims that First Lieutenant Jorge Vizoso Posse, although wounded, shot three of the retreating Royal Marines in the back. First Lieutenant Horacio Fernando Lauría and Sergeant Orlando Aguirre claim to have destroyed a British machine gun with rifle grenades fired at point blank range in this engagement. On that same night (9–10 June), a friendly fire incident occurred when a mortar section returning from a reconnaissance patrol were mistaken for Argentines in the dark and a British rifle platoon opened fire on them. In the confusion, four Royal Marines (Sergeant Robert Leeming, Corporals Andrew Uren, Peter Fitton and Marine Keith Phillips) were killed and three were wounded. Corporal Fitton was killed by a mortar round early in the action. The next day, Sub Lieutenant Llambías Pravaz's men recovered the rucksacks and weapons the Royal Marines had left behind, and these were presented as war trophies to Argentine war correspondents in Port Stanley who filmed and photographed the British equipment. The Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre also carried out patrolling against Two Sisters; Sergeant Joseph Wassell and Lieutenant Fraser Haddow played an important part in the capture of the mountain when they discovered with their binoculars from their observation post on Goat Ridge, the command detonated barrels of mines the Argentinian Marine engineers (under the direction of Major Jaimet) had dug in and planned to use on the saddle and eastern half of the mountain. On 11 June, several GR 3 Harriers took off from San Carlos airbase to drop cluster bombs on Mounts Longdon, Harriet and Two Sisters Mountain.
«Жауды танып-білу және мазалау үшін түнде үнемі патрульдер жасалатын. Типик мысалы, 10 маусым таңының басында жіберілген патруль. 45 коммандосының X Ray ротасының лейтенанты Дэвид Стюарт бұрынғы күні өзінің адамына бұйрық берді, және түн ортасына қарай олар дайын болды. Ауыр қаруланған, әр бөлімде екі пулемет, сондай-ақ 66 мм-лік ракеталық гранатометтер мен 2 дюймдік минометтермен, топ айға шуақ түскен түнде шамамен төрт шақырым қашықтықтағы Аргентиналықтардың қозғалысын байқаған төбеге ақырын қозғалды. Жақсы көрінуге байланысты кең аралықта орналасқан, олар тасты жерді көптеген оқ дуңғаларынан жасырып, сағат 04:00-ге [жергілікті уақыт бойынша сағат 1:00] дейін жау позициясының алдындағы ашық жерді кесіп өтуге дайын болды. Ағын су арнасын жасырып, олар төбеге көтеріліп, Аргентиналық бекіністерінің алдындағы тастар арасына орналасты. Жарық күшейткіш түнгі көлемдік көмегімен олар күзетшілердің қозғалысын көре алды. Кенеттен Аргентиналық пулемет атып, теңізшілер минометтен бірнеше жарық шашып, өз пулеметтері мен мылтықтарымен жауап берді. Секундтар ішінде үш Аргентиналық жауынгер және екі [Корольдік] теңізші қаза тапты. Сол жақтағы төбеде басқа да адамдар жүгіріп бара жатқанын көруге болды, және төрт Аргентиналық жауынгер теңізшілердің атысынан құлады. Осы кезде төбедегі Аргентиналық әскерлер оянды және h...»
In those visits, one thing that always moved me was that, while I saluted Second Lieutenant Llambias Pravaz, the soldiers in that platoon would clap and they cheered. It must have been because they noticed that I was recognizing the valour they were acquiring in that place. Because they were very isolated, waiting for the enemy, just them and their souls. Or, perhaps, because seeing their commander who is going to share a few words a brotherly gesture of a young man towards other young people they felt their desire revived to fight. One day, a lad approached me and said "Since we have got to dance in this one, we are going to do it well. We are going to support the Second Lieutenant who has fallen sick and still remains with us. We have got to help the one whose feet get cold or the one who freaks out. Because from here we all leave together or no one leaves at all". What could I say? On 4 June, the three rifle companies of 45 CDO advanced on Bluff Cove Peak, on the lower slopes of Mount Kent, and were able to occupy the feature without opposition and were met by patrols from the Special Air Service (SAS). On the night of 29 May, a fierce firefight had developed over capturing the two important hills, as they were intended to form part of an Argentine Special Forces line. Captain Andrés Ferrero's patrol (3rd Assault Section, 602 Commando Company) reached the base of Mount Kent but were then promptly pinned down by machinegun and mortar fire. First Sergeant Raimundo Máximo Viltes was badly wounded when a bullet shattered his heel. Air Troop had two SAS men wounded by rifle fire. Probing attacks around the D Squadron, SAS positions continued throughout the night and at 11:00 am local time on 30 May, about 12 Argentine Commandos (Captain Tomás Fernández's 2nd Assault Section, 602 Commando Company) tried to get up the summit of Bluff Cove Peak, but were driven off by D Squadron who killed two of the attackers, First Lieutenant Rubén Eduardo Márquez and Sergeant Óscar Humberto Blas. First Lieutenant Márquez and Sergeant Blas had shown great personal courage and leadership in the contact and were posthumously awarded the Argentine Medal of Valour in Combat. During this contact, the SAS suffered another two casualties from grenade and rock fragments after the Argentine Commandos had stumbled on a camp occupied by 15 SAS troopers. Throughout 30 May, Royal Air Force Harriers were active over Mount Kent. One of them, responding to a call for help from D Squadron SAS, was badly damaged by ground fire while attacking Mount Kent's eastern lower slopes. Sub Lieutenant Llambías Pravaz's platoon was later credited with the destruction of Harrier XZ963 flown by Squadron Leader Jerry Pook while others claim the British fighter bomber ran into fire from a battery of 35 mm Oerlikons under the command of 2nd Lieutenant Roberto Enrique Ferre of the 601st Anti Aircraft Artillery Group. The Harrier crashed into the sea 30 miles from the carrier HMS Hermes, Squadron Leader Pook ejected and was rescued. On 5 June, two Royal Air Force Harriers operating from 'Sids Strip', the San Carlos Forward Operating Base, attacked the Argentine defenders on Two Sisters with rockets around midday. A heavy mist hung over the Murrell River area, which assisted the 45 Commando Recce Troop to reach and sometimes penetrate the Argentine 3rd Platoon position under Sub Lieutenant Marcelo Llambías Pravaz. Marine Andrew Tubb of Recce Troop was on these patrols:
blockquote|We were actually inside the Argentine position, so we ended up shelling ourselves. We did a lot of patrols up to Two Sisters that time [6 June] we pepper potted [fire and maneouver] for about 400 metres to get out [the 3rd Platoon Sergeant, Ramón Valdez, had launched a counter ambush. ], through the Argy lines firing 66 [mm] rockets to fight through and regroup. We got artillery again to smoke us out. It took us well over an hour to get away and it seemed like a few minutes. We killed seventeen of them [two Army privates, Jose Romero and Andres Rodriguez, and three Sappers of a Marine mine laying party were actually killed. In general terms, the Argentines were thoroughly entrenched, about 6,000 metres or less across no man's land. The Argentine positions were mined and heavily patrolled. The 4th Regiment also carried out patrolling, and on the night of 6–7 June, Corporal Oscar Nicolás Albornoz Guevara along with eight conscripts (including Private Orlando Héctor Stella, his pathfinder) from Subteniente Miguel Mosquera Gutierrez's 1st Platoon crossed Murrell River and reached the area of Estancia Mountain where they detected a number of British vehicles, but the patrol soon came under mortar fire from 3 PARA and had to withdraw. On 8 June, Corporal Hugo Gabino MacDougall from the 6th Regiment's B Company claimed to have shot down a Harrier, with a shoulder launched Blowpipe missile. The British admit the loss of a GR 3 Harrier (XZ 989) on this day when it made an emergency landing at San Carlos due to battle damage. The pilot (Wing Commander Peter Squire) was able to safely eject, but the Harrier was damaged beyond repair. The 12th Regiment Support Platoon under Subteniente Dorigón attached to Major Jaimet's B Company would reportedly live off the land. Private Ángel Ramírez:
We ate raw sheep, we would butcher sheep and place it on flames. You know that the soil in the Malvinas Islands is like coal, it is black turf, you dig a hole, light a fire, and it is all like petrol, everything burns. We ate barbecued sheep, we ate it half raw and cooked. At about 2.10 am local time on 10 June a strong 45 Commando fighting patrol probed the 3rd Platoon position. In the ensuing fight that took place near Murrell River, Special Forces Sergeants Mario Antonio Cisneros and Ramón Gumercindo Acosta were killed; two more Argentine Special Forces lying in ambush positions near Cola del Dragón (Dragon's Tail) for the Royal Marines were wounded. The British military historian Bruce Quarrie later wrote:
A constant series of patrols were undertaken at night to scout out and harass the enemy. Typical was the patrol sent out in the early hours of the morning of 10 June. Lieutenant David Stewart of X Ray Company, 45 Commando, had briefed his men during the previous afternoon, and by midnight they were ready. Heavily armed, with two machine guns per section, plus 66 mm rocket launchers and 2 inch mortars, the Troop moved off stealthily into the moonlit night towards a ridge some four km away from where Argentine movement had been observed. Keeping well spaced out because of the good visibility, they moved across the rocky ground using the numerous shell holes for cover, and by 04.00 [1 am local time], were set to cross the final stretch of open ground in front of the enemy positions. Using a shallow stream for cover, they moved up the slope and deployed into position among the rocks in front of the Argentine trenches. With the help of a light intensifying night scope, they could see sentries moving about. Suddenly, an Argentine machine gun opened fire and the Marines launched a couple of flares from their mortar, firing back with their own machine guns and rifles. Within seconds three Argentine soldiers and two [Royal] Marines were dead. Other figures could be seen running on the hill to the left, and four more Argentine soldiers fell to the accuracy of the Marines' fire. By this time, the Argentine troops further up the slope were wide awake, and a hail of fire forced the [British] Marines to crouch in the shelter of the rocks. The situation was becoming decidedly unhealthy and Lieutenant Stewart decided to retire, with the objective of killing and harassing the enemy well and truly accomplished. However, a machine gun to the Marines' right was pouring fire over their getaway route, and Stewart sent his veteran Sergeant, Jolly, with a couple of other men to take it out [They knew they were cut off with what looked a poor chance of escape. In these circumstances any panic or break in morale and the game was up]. After a difficult approach with little cover, there was a short burst of fire and the Argentine machine gun fell silent. Leapfrogging by sections, the Troop retreated to the stream, by which time the Argentine fire was falling short and there were no further casualties.|Bruce Quarrie|The Worlds Elite Forces, pp.53 54, Octopus Books Limited, 1985
Major Aldo Rico, commander of the 602 Commando Company, had a lucky escape in this engagement, when an enemy 66mm projectile exploded uncomfortably close to him and First Lieutenant Horacio Fernando Lauría. Captain Hugo Ranieri, who took part in this intense engagement as a specialist sniper, claims that First Lieutenant Jorge Vizoso Posse, although wounded, shot three of the retreating Royal Marines in the back. First Lieutenant Horacio Fernando Lauría and Sergeant Orlando Aguirre claim to have destroyed a British machine gun with rifle grenades fired at point blank range in this engagement. On that same night (9–10 June), a friendly fire incident occurred when a mortar section returning from a reconnaissance patrol were mistaken for Argentines in the dark and a British rifle platoon opened fire on them. In the confusion, four Royal Marines (Sergeant Robert Leeming, Corporals Andrew Uren, Peter Fitton and Marine Keith Phillips) were killed and three were wounded. Corporal Fitton was killed by a mortar round early in the action. The next day, Sub Lieutenant Llambías Pravaz's men recovered the rucksacks and weapons the Royal Marines had left behind, and these were presented as war trophies to Argentine war correspondents in Port Stanley who filmed and photographed the British equipment. The Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre also carried out patrolling against Two Sisters; Sergeant Joseph Wassell and Lieutenant Fraser Haddow played an important part in the capture of the mountain when they discovered with their binoculars from their observation post on Goat Ridge, the command detonated barrels of mines the Argentinian Marine engineers (under the direction of Major Jaimet) had dug in and planned to use on the saddle and eastern half of the mountain. On 11 June, several GR 3 Harriers took off from San Carlos airbase to drop cluster bombs on Mounts Longdon, Harriet and Two Sisters Mountain.
Түнгі шайқас
Капитан Иэн Гардинердің «Х-Ray» ротасы «Екі қарындасқа» шабуылды бастады, онымен бірге бөлімнің командалық дайындықтан өткен капелланы, Ревд Уинн Джонс RN де болды. Лейтенант Джеймс Келлидің 1-ші взводы «Екі қарындастың» оңтүстік шыңындағы (Ұзын тырнақ) омыртқаның батыс бөлігінің үштен бірін алды, ешқандай шайқас болған жоқ. Бірақ жергілікті уақыт бойынша сағат 23:00-де лейтенант Дэвид Стюарттың 3-ші взводы омыртқадағы өте қатайып қорғалған позицияға тап болды және алға жылжу мүмкін болмады. Аргентинаның 3-ші взводына шабуыл жасауға тырысқан лейтенант Крис Кароудың 2-ші взводы оларға қарсы шабуыл жасады, бірақ артиллерия отының көмегімен шабуыл таратылды. «Х-Ray» ротасы үш-төрт сағат бойы таудың беткейінде тұтқындалып қалды. Теңіз жаяу әскерлерінің атысы таудың бойымен қайта-қайта соқты, бірақ Лламбиас Праваздың Аргентинаның 3-ші взводы, гуарани үндістерінің соғыс айқайын ұрандап, Корольдік теңіз жаяу әскерлерін ұстап тұрды және жергілікті уақыт бойынша таңғы сағат 2:30-ға дейін олардан құтыла алмады. Полковник Эндрю Уайтхед бір ғана ротаның үлкен шығынсыз «Екі қарындасты» басып алуы мүмкін емес екенін түсінді және бөлімнің қалған екі ротасын жеткізді. «Янки» және «Зулу» роталары бастапқыда Мюррелл көпіріне жақын жиналатын позицияларда жасырынып, кейін мұздатылған мина өрісі екені анықталды, осыдан оңтүстік шыңындағы алғашқы шайқаста екі ротада да жарақаттанғандар болмады. Жергілікті уақыт бойынша сағат 12:30-да «Янки» және «Зулу» роталары солтүстік шыңға («Жазғы күндер») шабуыл жасады және екі мылтық взводымен (субтеньенттер Москера Гутьеррес және Перес Гранди басқаратын) екі сағат бойы қатты шайқасқаннан кейін, ауыр пулемет пен миномет отына қарамастан, «Жазғы күндерді» басып алды. Аргентиналық миномет взводының командирі лейтенант Мартелла, бұрын 42 CDO-ның Харриет тауына шабуылын тоқтатуға тырысқанда барлық оқ-дәрісін жұмсағаннан кейін, осы шайқаста қаза тапты. Британдық теңіз жаяу әскерлері аргентиналық минометтердің бомбалауынан жараланған екі взвод командирін жоғалтты. Крис Кук кейінірек: «Маған қарасты үш офицер аралдың екінші жағында бірге ішетінімізді уәделестік, бірақ тек біреуі ғана соңғы нүктеге жетті, ал қалған екеуі оқтырма жарақаттарымен қалды» деді. «Z» ротасының взвод командирі лейтенант Клайв Дитор өзінің 8-ші взводына шақырып, «Жазғы күндерді» басып алу үшін оларды найзамен алға жетеледі және осылайша әскери айқышқа ие болды. Ол кейін: «Біздің ату жылдамдығымызды тыңдай бастадым және оқ-дәріміздің бітіп бара жатқанын түсіндім. Содан кейін Екінші дүниежүзілік соғыстағы «Қара күзет» тобы туралы кітаптағы бір сөз есіме түсті. Олар тұтқындалып, адиутант орнынан тұрып: «Бұл «Қара күзет» пе? Шабуыл!» деп айғайлады. Бірақ ол неміс пулеметінен екіге бөлінгенін кейін оқығанға дейін есімде жоқ еді. Содан кейін мен тұрып, өздігімнен жүгіріп, «Зулу, Зулу, Зулу!» деп айқайлай бастадым. Бұл біздің ротамыздың, сондай-ақ әкемнің бұрынғы полкінің, Оңтүстік Уэльс шекарашыларының ұрыс айқайы еді» деді. «Екі қарындастың» қалған аргентиналық позицияларындағы шайқас та біршама қиын болды, тағы төрт сағат қатал шайқас қажет болды. Сағат 4:30-да «Екі қарындас» британдықтардың қолына түскені туралы хабарланды. Екінші лейтенант Альдо Эухенио Франко және оның RI 6 взводы, майор Дэвид Каруллоның Панхард бронемашиналар эскадрильясымен бірлесіп жоспарланған қарсы шабуылды тоқтатқаннан кейін, өйткені «Екі қарындастың» қорғаушылары енді шыңдарды ұстай алмады, аргентиналықтардың шегінуін қамтамасыз етті және «Янки» ротасының «C» ротасынан шегінуіне шабуыл жасауына жол бермеді. Аугусто Эстебан Ла Мадрид, майор Кордонға көмектесуге тапсырылған жергілікті резервтегі екінші лейтенант, британдық тарихшы Мартин Миддлбрукқа соңғы қақтығыстар кезінде: «Субтеньент Франконың взводы артқы күзет ретінде қалды, бірақ ол Тэмблдаунға аман-есен оралды» деді. «Янки» ротасын мылтығы мен пулеметімен дәл атып ұстаған рядовой Оскар Исмаэль Полтрониериге Аргентинаның «Батылдық үшін жауынгерлік кресті» (CHVC) ордені берілді, бұл Аргентинаның ерлік үшін ең жоғары наградасы. «Екі қарындасты» басып алғаннан кейін, 45 КОММАНДО айналасындағы аргентиналық позициялардан жауап ату отына ұшырады. Капитан Гардинердің «Х-Ray» ротасы 12 маусым күні Тамблдаун тауынан келген минометтерден кейін тағы бір жарақат алған теңізші (корпораль Франк Мелия) туралы хабарлады. Гардинердің ротасындағы бірнеше теңізшілер, Аргентинаның далалық артиллериясынан «Екі қарындастағы» тасталған бункерлерде жасырынып, 12 және 13 маусым күндері 105 мм және 155 мм снарядтарының жанынан өткеннен кейін есіту қабілетін жоғалтқаннан кейін мүгедек болды. 13 маусымда Аргентинаның A-4 Skyhawk истребитель-бомбалаушылары британдық әуе шабуылынан өтіп, «Екі қарындастың» төменгі батыс беткейіндегі 3-ші командалық бригада штабының маңындағы көліктер мен тікұшақтарға шабуыл жасады, нәтижесінде тікұшақ экипажының бір мүшесі жараланды және үш Gazelle тікұшағына елеулі құрылымдық зақым келді. 14 маусым таңында 45 КОММАНДО «Екі қарындастың» алдыңғы беткейінде 40 КОММАНДО-ның «A» және «C» роталарын және Сапёр төбесінде бекініп жатқан Уэльс гвардиясының ротасын күшейтуге дайындалып жатқанда, 407 көлік бөлімінің Snowcat жүргіш көлігі мина өрісіне тап болды және жүргіш алдындағы қауіп туралы ескерту үшін көліктен түсіп, антиперсоналды минаға басқаннан кейін дереу медициналық эвакуация қажет болды.
Алынған сыйлықтар
Екі қарындасқа жасалған шабуылда көрсеткен батылдығы үшін 45-ші командадан шыққан сарбаздарға бір ДСО, үш Әскери крест, бір Ерекше қызмет медалі және төрт Әскери медаль табысталды. 29-шы команданың бір сарбазына, сондай-ақ M&AW жасағының бір өкіліне Әскери медаль берілді.