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Battles of Mount Longdon and Wireless Ridge (view source)
Revision as of 19:44, August 25, 2022
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On the night of June 16, a riot broke out involving the 7th Regiment when British paratroopers and local civilians sent a Panhard armoured car careering into a group of 7th Regiment prisoners awaiting repatriation<ref>"The Fligh-Sergeant told me that some civilians and soldiers, apparently 3 Para, drinking in the Globe Hotel had decided to sort out Argentinians waiting to be screened, but the prisoners they chose were mainly from the 7th Infantry Regiment, which was largely recruited from tough working class neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires ... A tense situation escalted when several smoke grenades were thrown and the handbrake of a Panhard armoured car was released and directed at the prisoners." My Friends, The Enemy: Life in Military Intelligence During the Falklands War, Nick Van Der Bijl, Amberley Publishing Limited, 2020 </ref>which ended with the Argentinians setting fire to the Globe Store. However a company from 2 PARA soon rushed to the area and order was restored.<ref>"On the night of 16 June , with too few servicemen to guard too many prisoners, a riot broke out which ended in the prisoners setting fire to the Globe Store where, ironically, all their clothing, cigarettes and other goodies were stored. However a company group from 2 PARA were soon deployed to the area and order was restored." The British Army in the Falklands, John W. Stanier, H.M. Stationery Office, 1983</ref>
On the night of June 16, a riot broke out involving the 7th Regiment when British paratroopers and local civilians sent a Panhard armoured car careering into a group of 7th Regiment prisoners awaiting repatriation<ref>"The Fligh-Sergeant told me that some civilians and soldiers, apparently 3 Para, drinking in the Globe Hotel had decided to sort out Argentinians waiting to be screened, but the prisoners they chose were mainly from the 7th Infantry Regiment, which was largely recruited from tough working class neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires ... A tense situation escalted when several smoke grenades were thrown and the handbrake of a Panhard armoured car was released and directed at the prisoners." My Friends, The Enemy: Life in Military Intelligence During the Falklands War, Nick Van Der Bijl, Amberley Publishing Limited, 2020 </ref>which ended with the Argentinians setting fire to the Globe Store. However a company from 2 PARA soon rushed to the area and order was restored.<ref>"On the night of 16 June , with too few servicemen to guard too many prisoners, a riot broke out which ended in the prisoners setting fire to the Globe Store where, ironically, all their clothing, cigarettes and other goodies were stored. However a company group from 2 PARA were soon deployed to the area and order was restored." The British Army in the Falklands, John W. Stanier, H.M. Stationery Office, 1983</ref>
A book ('Excursion to Hell') written by a member (Corporal Vincent Bramley) of 3 PARA that was published in 1991, alleged that several members of the 7th Regiment had been shot after they had been captured. Private Santiago Dionel Mambrin from B Company claimed to have witnessed two British Paratroopers disarm and shoot Corporal José Oscar Carrizo in the daylight hours on Mount Longdon, ''"I could see Corporal Carrizo ... two English soldiers took him prisoner. I could see the three of them clearly. They made signs telling him to take off his webbing and hand over his weapons. Then they ordered him to take off his anorak. He was left standing in his vest. The English soldiers began talking to each other. Suddenly, they stared at him and one of them passed his hand across his throat, as if they were going to kill him. One of the soldiers fired four shots into his head."''<ref>Veiled Valour, Tom Frame, UNSW Press, 2022 </ref>A Scotland Yard investigation investigated the claims but proved inconclusive and the Argentinian authorities distanced themselves from the investigations.
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