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Battles of Mount Harriet and Two Sisters Mountain (view source)
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==British advance==
==Two Sisters==
On their right, Yankee Company swung further right to come up alongside them, managing to knock out some of Major Cordon's machine guns holding up Zulu Company. 8 Troop was then able to advance towards the top covered by 7 Troop, and went on to clear enemy positions on the southern side of their objective, while 7 Troop went on to do the same on the northern side. Two and a half hours after crossing the start line, Zulu Company had taken the enemy strongpoint of 'Summer Days'. During this time, 9 Troop stayed back in reserve after suffering casualties from Major Jaimet's mortars. Yankee Company now moved between the Two Sisters peaks and below Zulu Company's 8 Troop, and headed for the eastern part of Two Sisters under heavy fire. Pushing on, and again using anti-armour weapons against enemy positions, all of Two Sisters was in 45 Cdo's hands before dawn. As they reorganized and dug in, heavy Argentine shelling started. Lieutenant-Colonel Whitehead prepared to move ahead towards Tumbledown Mountain, but was stopped by Brigadier Thompson. 45 Commando had now taken one of the main Argentine defenses for the loss of seven Marines and a Sapper of the Royal Engineers killed by small-arms and mortars.
==Harriet==
== Notes ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.britlink.org/overseas-territories/falkland-islands/falklands-war-1982/ Falkland’s War 1982]
[[Category:Argentina]]
[[Category:Wars]]
==Two Sisters==
On their right, Yankee Company swung further right to come up alongside them, managing to knock out some of Major Cordon's machine guns holding up Zulu Company. 8 Troop was then able to advance towards the top covered by 7 Troop, and went on to clear enemy positions on the southern side of their objective, while 7 Troop went on to do the same on the northern side. Two and a half hours after crossing the start line, Zulu Company had taken the enemy strongpoint of 'Summer Days'. During this time, 9 Troop stayed back in reserve after suffering casualties from Major Jaimet's mortars. Yankee Company now moved between the Two Sisters peaks and below Zulu Company's 8 Troop, and headed for the eastern part of Two Sisters under heavy fire. Pushing on, and again using anti-armour weapons against enemy positions, all of Two Sisters was in 45 Cdo's hands before dawn. As they reorganized and dug in, heavy Argentine shelling started. Lieutenant-Colonel Whitehead prepared to move ahead towards Tumbledown Mountain, but was stopped by Brigadier Thompson. 45 Commando had now taken one of the main Argentine defenses for the loss of seven Marines and a Sapper of the Royal Engineers killed by small-arms and mortars.
==Harriet==
== Notes ==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}
==External links==
*[http://www.britlink.org/overseas-territories/falkland-islands/falklands-war-1982/ Falkland’s War 1982]
[[Category:Argentina]]
[[Category:Wars]]