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The reserve platoon under Second Lieutenant Juan Nazer had been heavily mortared and had given up ground almost immediately.  Nazer's platoon had failed to prepare a firm platoon defence line facing Murrell River, possibly as a result of exhaustion following their long debilitating period on Beagle Ridge.
 
The reserve platoon under Second Lieutenant Juan Nazer had been heavily mortared and had given up ground almost immediately.  Nazer's platoon had failed to prepare a firm platoon defence line facing Murrell River, possibly as a result of exhaustion following their long debilitating period on Beagle Ridge.
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Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Whitehead looked in wonderment at the strength of the positions the enemy had abandoned:{{cquote|With 120 men I could have died of old age holding these hills.<ref>The Battle for the Falklands, Max Hastings, Simon Jenkins, p. 296, Michael Joseph, 1983</ref>}}
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Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Whitehead looked in wonderment at the strength of the positions the enemy had abandoned. "With 120 men," he said, "I could have died of old age holding these hills."<ref>The Battle for the Falklands, Max Hastings, Simon Jenkins, p. 296, Michael Joseph, 1983</ref>
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According to Robert Fox:{{cquote|"The marine commandos, organised into burial parties, were taking out the dead Argentinians and laying them out to be placed in a mass grave. Many of the dead were regular soldiers, the NCOs who had manned the machine-gun posts in the rocks. The first prisoners to come in were the regulars, too, as the conscripts had run first and run furthest." <ref>Eyewitness Falklands: A Personal Account of the Falklands Campaign, Robert Fox, page 256, Methuen, 1982 </ref>}}
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For Lieutenant Cliver Dytor, who had joined the Royal Marines in 1980, the Argentinian heavy machine-gunners and protecting rifle teams protecting on the northern peak had fought to the bitter end, ''"The Argentine marines all fought to the end and were killed with bullets and bayonets. We had to fight through lots of positions, clearing the enemy."''<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/falklandislands/9164691/Falklands-War-hero-explains-why-he-entered-the-church-after-being-awarded-the-Military-Cross.html Falklands War hero explains why he entered the church after being awarded the Military Cross]</ref>
    
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