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Line 35: − − ==Breakout== − − Meanwhile, on 27 May 3 PARA set off on foot by a Northern route to capture Teal Inlet Settlement which it did on May 29 taking some prisoners. On June 11, 2 PARA moved north to rejoin 3 Commando Brigade for the final [[Battle of Stanley]]. An early but vital objective was Mount Longdon and this was attacked by 3 PARA during the night of June 11/12. The enemy was well dug in and prepared and it was only after twelve hours of bloody fighting that 3 PARA secured the objective. They then held it for 48 hours under intense and accurate artillery fire.
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Negotiations with the Argentinians produced their surrender the next day. Around 50 Argentinians were killed, and ''The Official History of the Falklands Campaign'' reports that 961 Argentinians were captured, with other British accounts of the battle have reported a larger count of 1,400 prisoners. British losses were fifteen men from 2 PARA, a Royal Engineer, a Sea Harrier pilot, a Scout pilot, a Gurkha and 64 wounded.
Negotiations with the Argentinians produced their surrender the next day. Around 50 Argentinians were killed, and ''The Official History of the Falklands Campaign'' reports that 961 Argentinians were captured, with other British accounts of the battle have reported a larger count of 1,400 prisoners. British losses were fifteen men from 2 PARA, a Royal Engineer, a Sea Harrier pilot, a Scout pilot, a Gurkha and 64 wounded.
==Aftermath==
==Aftermath==