Changes

As night fell some Paras in Darwin School began to snipe at Goose Green Settlement and in response 2d Lieutenant Claudio Braghini concentrated his 35 mm guns on the schoolhouse, and the building was destroyed. During this time 2 PARA's D Company came under heavy fire from the 35 mm guns, and a splinter hit Private Steve Dixon in the chest and killed him.<ref>Major Philip Neame: "One (35mm) round landed quite some way on the track and the shrapnel splinter hit one of my soldiers (Steve Dixon) a few yards in front of me. This lad took several minutes, many minutes to die in front of us." Channel 4: The Battle of Goose Green (1996)</ref>It was here that the British advance stalled again. Under heavy mortar fire 2 PARA's C Company had no choice but to withdraw into the safety of the shoreline of Carcass Bay. Just as their position seemed quite hopeless, three Royal Air Force Harrier jets swept overhead, almost at ground level, and their cluster bombs and rockets rained down on where the two Army 35 mm guns were gathered, knocking out the generator for the radar-guided guns. <ref>[https://www.infobae.com/def/defensa-y-seguridad/2020/05/30/al-pie-del-canon-las-grandes-hazanas-de-los-artilleros-argentinos-en-malvinas/ Al pie del cañón: las grandes hazañas de los artilleros argentinos en Malvinas]</ref>

As night fell some Paras in Darwin School began to snipe at Goose Green Settlement and in response 2d Lieutenant Claudio Braghini concentrated his 35 mm guns on the schoolhouse, and the building was destroyed. During this time 2 PARA's D Company came under heavy fire from the 35 mm guns, and a splinter hit Private Steve Dixon in the chest and killed him.<ref>Major Philip Neame: "One (35mm) round landed quite some way on the track and the shrapnel splinter hit one of my soldiers (Steve Dixon) a few yards in front of me. This lad took several minutes, many minutes to die in front of us." Channel 4: The Battle of Goose Green (1996)</ref>It was here that the British advance stalled again. Under heavy mortar fire 2 PARA's C Company had no choice but to withdraw into the safety of the shoreline of Carcass Bay. Just as their position seemed quite hopeless, three Royal Air Force Harrier jets swept overhead, almost at ground level, and their cluster bombs and rockets rained down on where the two Army 35 mm guns were gathered, knocking out the generator for the radar-guided guns. <ref>[https://www.infobae.com/def/defensa-y-seguridad/2020/05/30/al-pie-del-canon-las-grandes-hazanas-de-los-artilleros-argentinos-en-malvinas/ Al pie del cañón: las grandes hazañas de los artilleros argentinos en Malvinas]</ref>

It was 5.30 PM when 62 men<ref>"Calvi gives slightly contradictory timings for them, but it is clear that on 28 May 44 reinforcements arrived from Regiment 25, and 62 from Regiment 12." Not Mentioned in Despatches: The History and Mythology of the Battle of Goose Green, Spencer Fitz-Gibbon, p. 10, James Clarke & Co., 2006</ref>from Combat Team 'Solari' (B Company 12th Regiment) landed by helicopters at Ramsground. Mindful of the possibility of being counterattacked, Major John Crosland decided to pull back B Company and go firm on high ground near Boca Hill. A fierce sniper battle ensued with 2d Lieutenant Orlando Lucero's 12th Regiment platoon, now dug in among some sheep shearing sheds in Goose Green Settlement's outskirt along with 2d Lieutenant José Alberto Vázques and his men.<ref>Entrevista Nº 7: Soldado Conscripto Clase 63 VGM Carlos Landaida - RI 12 (available on YouTube)</ref>There were some close calls, and Private John Burridge from 12 Platoon, D Company, was wounded and a Wessex helicopter was hit by machine-gun fire from this mixed force and forced to seek shelter in San Carlos.<ref>Falklands: The Air War, Rodney A. Burden (et al),  Arms & Armour Press, 1986</ref>

It was 5.30 PM when 62 men<ref>"Calvi gives slightly contradictory timings for them, but it is clear that on 28 May 44 reinforcements arrived from Regiment 25, and 62 from Regiment 12." Not Mentioned in Despatches: The History and Mythology of the Battle of Goose Green, Spencer Fitz-Gibbon, p. 10, James Clarke & Co., 2006</ref>from Combat Team 'Solari' (B Company 12th Regiment) landed by helicopters at Ramsground. Mindful of the possibility of being counterattacked, Major John Crosland decided to pull back B Company and go firm on high ground near Boca Hill. Major Chris Keeble

 

 

A fierce sniper battle ensued with 2d Lieutenant Orlando Lucero's 12th Regiment platoon, now dug in among some sheep shearing sheds in Goose Green Settlement's outskirt along with 2d Lieutenant José Alberto Vázques and his men.<ref>Entrevista Nº 7: Soldado Conscripto Clase 63 VGM Carlos Landaida - RI 12 (available on YouTube)</ref>There were some close calls, and Private John Burridge from 12 Platoon, D Company, was wounded and a Wessex helicopter was hit by machine-gun fire from this mixed force and forced to seek shelter in San Carlos.<ref>Falklands: The Air War, Rodney A. Burden (et al),  Arms & Armour Press, 1986</ref>

Time was running out for 'Task Force Mercedes'. The settlement was encircled, artillery shells and mortar rounds were pounding the outskirts. The situation at Goose Green was such that Major Oscar Ramón Jaimet's B Company from the 6th 'General Viamontes' Regiment at Stanley Common (Camp), was ordered to concentrate near Murrell River and given a warning order to be prepared to move by helicopter to Mount Simon in a spoiler move. By then, however, Piaggi, surrounded and threatened with aerial attack, offered to surrender his force to the 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment and the helicopter-borne operation was cancelled. Piaggi had received orders from Parada to resist as long as his troops were physically capable of doing so, but allowing Piaggi to be the judge.  

Time was running out for 'Task Force Mercedes'. The settlement was encircled, artillery shells and mortar rounds were pounding the outskirts. The situation at Goose Green was such that Major Oscar Ramón Jaimet's B Company from the 6th 'General Viamontes' Regiment at Stanley Common (Camp), was ordered to concentrate near Murrell River and given a warning order to be prepared to move by helicopter to Mount Simon in a spoiler move. By then, however, Piaggi, surrounded and threatened with aerial attack, offered to surrender his force to the 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment and the helicopter-borne operation was cancelled. Piaggi had received orders from Parada to resist as long as his troops were physically capable of doing so, but allowing Piaggi to be the judge.