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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. Major Chris Keeble

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 took stock of the situation and estimated that one in six of the British Paratroopers had been killed, wounded or injured in the fighting so far: "In that dusk, I then took stock of our position. It was bitterly cold, it was snowing, one in six of us had either been killed or injured and they were lying around us. Our logistic supply had not really reinforced all our ammunition. We were very short on ammunition, and we were exhausted. We had been fighting for something like sixteen hours and we still had not achieved the mission."<ref>Channel 4: The Battle of Goose Green (1996)</ref>

Major Chris Keeble took stock of the situation and estimated that one in six of the British Paratroopers had been killed, wounded or injured in the fighting so far: "In that dusk, I then took stock of our position. It was bitterly cold, it was snowing, one in six of us had either been killed or injured and they were lying around us. Our logistic supply had not really reinforced all our ammunition. We were very short on ammunition, and we were exhausted. We had been fighting for something like sixteen hours and we still had not achieved the mission."<ref>Channel 4: The Battle of Goose Green (1996)</ref>