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A larger fight took place on May 31. Captain [[José Arnobio Vercesi]]'s 1st Assault Section from the 602nd Commando Company was spotted by the British in an isolated sheep farm, Top Malo House, which had been bypassed by the 3rd British Commando Brigade. 19 Mountain & Artic Warfare special forces were helicoptered there and attacked the house. During a fierce 45-minute action the house was set on fire, the British later paid tribute to the tough fight put up by the Argentinians, who suffered two killed and six wounded; there were only four unwounded prisoners. Two of the Argentinians, Lieutenant [[Ernesto Emilio Espinosa]] and Sergeant [[Mateo Domingo Sbert]], were posthumously awarded Argentina's highest decoration for bravery. The Argentinian commandos claimed two British were killed; their comrades, they said, could be seen crying over the dead bodies. But no British were killed; what the Argentinian survivors saw were the three badly British wounded being tended.<ref>[http://www.laperlaaustral.com.ar/contenidos/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=108:elcombatedetopmalohouse&catid=56:companiadecomandos602&Itemid=127 El combate de Top Malo House]</ref>

A larger fight took place on May 31. Captain [[José Arnobio Vercesi]]'s 1st Assault Section from the 602nd Commando Company was spotted by the British in an isolated sheep farm, Top Malo House, which had been bypassed by the 3rd British Commando Brigade. 19 Mountain & Artic Warfare special forces were helicoptered there and attacked the house. During a fierce 45-minute action the house was set on fire, the British later paid tribute to the tough fight put up by the Argentinians, who suffered two killed and six wounded; there were only four unwounded prisoners. Two of the Argentinians, Lieutenant [[Ernesto Emilio Espinosa]] and Sergeant [[Mateo Domingo Sbert]], were posthumously awarded Argentina's highest decoration for bravery. The Argentinian commandos claimed two British were killed; their comrades, they said, could be seen crying over the dead bodies. But no British were killed; what the Argentinian survivors saw were the three badly British wounded being tended.<ref>[http://www.laperlaaustral.com.ar/contenidos/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=108:elcombatedetopmalohouse&catid=56:companiadecomandos602&Itemid=127 El combate de Top Malo House]</ref>

The only British death in the Mount Kent area was when an SAS patrol accidentally fired upon an SBS patrol in the early hours of 2 June and SBS Sergeant Nick Hunt was killed. Four Royal Marines (Sergeant Robert Leeming, Coporals Peter Fitton, Andrew Uren and Marine Keith Phillips) were also killed in this patrol period, but this action took place near Murrell River on the night of 9/10 June.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wPs9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=M0kMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4053,288159&dq= Marines shot comrades in Falklands conflict]</ref>The Argentinian Army's version of events is that Senior Lieutenant Jorge Manuel Vizoso Posse, second-in-command of the 602nd Commando Company's 3rd Assault Section, shot dead all four Royal Marines that night at point blank range<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170212091658/http://www.laperlaaustral.com.ar/contenidos/index.php?Itemid=127&catid=56:companiadecomandos602&id=105:lacompania602decomandos&option=com_content&view=article La Compañía 602 de Comandos]</ref>for which he would win the Heroic Valour<ref>[http://diarioepoca.com/92321/Vizoso-Posse-superandoacute-la-guerra-gracias-a-su-fe-y-excepcional-valor/ Vizoso Posse, superó la guerra gracias a su fe y excepcional valor]</ref>, Argentina's highest military decoration. Senior Lieutenant Horacio Fernando Lauría and Sergeant Orlando Aguirre claimed to have destroyed a British machine-gun with rifle-grenades fired at a punto (horizontally) in this action with the British admitting one Royal Marine killed due to a fragmentary round.<ref>[http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1980-89.htm 1945-2008 - Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy

The only British death in the Mount Kent area was when an SAS patrol accidentally fired upon an SBS patrol in the early hours of 2 June and SBS Sergeant Nick Hunt was killed. Four Royal Marines (Sergeant Robert Leeming, Coporals Peter Fitton, Andrew Uren and Marine Keith Phillips) were also killed in the British patrol phase, reportedly due to friendly fire, but this action took place near Murrell River on the night of 9/10 June.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wPs9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=M0kMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4053,288159&dq= Marines shot comrades in Falklands conflict]</ref>The Argentinian Army's version of events is that Senior Lieutenant Jorge Manuel Vizoso Posse, second-in-command of the 602nd Commando Company's 3rd Assault Section, shot dead all four Royal Marines that night at point blank range<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170212091658/http://www.laperlaaustral.com.ar/contenidos/index.php?Itemid=127&catid=56:companiadecomandos602&id=105:lacompania602decomandos&option=com_content&view=article La Compañía 602 de Comandos]</ref>for which he would win the Heroic Valour Cross<ref>[http://diarioepoca.com/92321/Vizoso-Posse-superandoacute-la-guerra-gracias-a-su-fe-y-excepcional-valor/ Vizoso Posse, superó la guerra gracias a su fe y excepcional valor]</ref>, Argentina's highest military decoration. Senior Lieutenant Horacio Fernando Lauría and Sergeant Orlando Aguirre claimed to have destroyed a British machine-gun with rifle-grenades fired at ''a punto'' (horizontally) in this action with the British admitting one Royal Marine killed due to a fragmentary round.<ref>[http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1980-89.htm 1945-2008 - Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy

Compiled by Don Kindel]</ref>

Compiled by Don Kindel]</ref>