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Following ''Kilo'' Company's helicopter flight forward on the night of May 31st to reinforce D Squadron 22nd Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment defending Mount Kent from Argentinian Special Forces attacks, the rest of 42 Commando arrived in helicopters, and were eventually ordered to secure Mount Challenger.

Following ''Kilo'' Company's helicopter flight forward on the night of May 31st to reinforce D Squadron 22nd Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment defending Mount Kent from Argentinian Special Forces attacks, the rest of 42 Commando arrived in helicopters, and were eventually ordered to secure Mount Challenger.

45 Commando's march to Bluff Cove Peak from San Carlos Water via Teal Inlet ended on June 4th, and the next week was spent patrolling No-Man's-Land, leading to a number of bloody clashes with the Argentinians. Lieutenant Chris Fox's Recce Troop reached the western end of Two Sisters on the night of 5th June, and when discovered, were counterattacked but killed five of the Argentinians, including two Marine Sappers. On the night of 9th June, Lieutenant David Stewart 3 Troop of ''X-Ray'' Company, 45 Commando retreated in a similar action, abandoning much equipment after clashing with 50 Argentinian Special Forces spread in ambush positions opposite Murrell River. The Argentinians lost 2 special forces battling Stewart's men while the British report losing 4 Royal Marines killed on this night.

45 Commando's march to Bluff Cove Peak from San Carlos Water via Teal Inlet ended on June 4th, and the next week was spent patrolling No-Man's-Land, leading to a number of bloody clashes with the Argentinians.  

 

Lieutenant Chris Fox's Recce Troop reached the western end of Two Sisters on the night of 5th June, and when discovered, were counterattacked but killed five of the Argentinians, including three Marine Sappers. The Argentinians put up a good fight because British records show that Fox's patrol had to call in artillery fire and smoke screen so that they could withdraw<ref>''The Argentines must have put up a good fight because British records show that their patrol had to call on artillery shelling and smoke so that they could withdraw.'' Argentine Fight for the Falklands, Martin Middlebrook, pg 228, Pen & Sword, 2003</ref>

 

On the night of 9th June, Lieutenant David Stewart 3 Troop of ''X-Ray'' Company, 45 Commando retreated in a similar action, abandoning much equipment after clashing with 50 Argentinian Special Forces spread in ambush positions opposite Murrell River. The Argentinians lost 2 special forces battling Stewart's men while the British report losing 4 Royal Marines killed on this night.

Lieutenant Mark Townsends's 1 Troop from ''Kilo'' Company, 42 Commando raided the forward Argentinian positions on Mount Harriet from Goat Ridge on the night of 8th June killing two defenders (Corporal Hipólito González y Private Martiniano Gómez) in 2d Lieutenant Lautaro Jiménez Corbalán's 3rd Rifle Platoon and wounding the platoon sergeant and a private.

Lieutenant Mark Townsends's 1 Troop from ''Kilo'' Company, 42 Commando raided the forward Argentinian positions on Mount Harriet from Goat Ridge on the night of 8th June killing two defenders (Corporal Hipólito González y Private Martiniano Gómez) in 2d Lieutenant Lautaro Jiménez Corbalán's 3rd Rifle Platoon and wounding the platoon sergeant and a private.