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Battles of Mount Harriet and Two Sisters Mountain (view source)
Revision as of 07:41, October 23, 2020
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==Harriet==
==Harriet==
To the south, Mount Harriet proved to be more formidable, being surrounded to the west and south by minefields. 3 Commando Brigade's last target for the night was alloted to 42 Royal Marine Commando Battalion (under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Nick Vaux).
Under the cover of darkness of June 12, 42 Royal Marine Commando Battalion's 'Kilo' Company "secretly crept" through First Lieutenant Carlos Alberto Arroyo's lines and arrived at the eastern end of Mount Harriet by 2215 local time. The 4th Regiment sentries; despite all preparations were caught by surprise. The Royal Marine Commandos were magnificently trained at silent approach.
The advance of 'K' Company, 42 Royal Marine Commando Battalion was made with dazzling rapidity. In vain Lieutenant-Colonel Diego Alejandro Soria called down on the eastern slopes the fire of the Argentinian Artillery knowing very well that the Heavy Mortar Platoon was positioned there.
So large were the column of dejected prisoners that it was obvious the strength on the eastern ridge had been greatly underestimated. Nevertheless it was not all a pushover. Some Argentinian conscripts had fought with great tenacity. Private Daniel Jose Sanchez had proved particularly courageous, causing the Royal Marine Commandos to dive for cover as he liberally sprayed them with fire with his Browning 12.7 millimetre heavy machinegun. Sanchez ''"loved being in Malvinas"''.
While 'Kilo' Company was fighting on the eastern end of the summit and coming under artillery fire, 'Lima' Company was making its way up the southern slopes of Mount Harriet under heavy machine gun fire from 2d Lieutenant Pablo Andrés Oliva's platoon of conscripts which opened fire soon after Captain David Wheen's men crossed their start-line, wounding three British marines in the process. British artillery fire and MILAN anti-tank missiles were successful in knocking out these and other troublesome enemy machine-gun sangars further up the slope, but it took 5 hours and 14 wounded from Argentinian artillery and automatic fire, before 'Lima' Company reached the summit, still in the dark.
While 'Kilo' Company was fighting on the eastern end of the summit and coming under artillery fire, 'Lima' Company was making its way up the southern slopes of Mount Harriet under heavy machine gun fire from 2d Lieutenant Pablo Andrés Oliva's platoon of conscripts which opened fire soon after Captain David Wheen's men crossed their start-line, wounding three British marines in the process. British artillery fire and MILAN anti-tank missiles were successful in knocking out these and other troublesome enemy machine-gun sangars further up the slope, but it took 5 hours and 14 wounded from Argentinian artillery and automatic fire, before 'Lima' Company reached the summit, still in the dark.