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Battles of Mount Harriet and Two Sisters Mountain (view source)
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With dawn and Lima Company still fighting forward, Juliet Company was ordered on to Goat Ridge, by which time Kilo Company had captured the summit. In successfully taking its objective, 42 Commando had lost two killed and thirty wounded.
With dawn and Lima Company still fighting forward, Juliet Company was ordered on to Goat Ridge, by which time Kilo Company had captured the summit. In successfully taking its objective, 42 Commando had lost two killed and thirty wounded.
==Aftermath==
The battles cost the Royal Marines 10 killed and 50 wounded. Accounts on Argentinian casualties vary from between 40 and 70 killed. Lieutenant Chris Caroe, a 21-year-old platoon commander in the action, in an interview with the ''Chester Chronicle'' in 2012, reported that ''Despite being a conscript army... the Argentinians were a force to be reckoned with because they were led by skilled regulars.<ref>[http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/ex-marine-chris-caroe-chester-recalls-5179719 Ex-marine Chris Caroe from Chester recalls the Falklands War]</ref>For Lieutenant Cliver Dytor, who had joined the Royal Marines in 1980, the Argentinian heavy machine-gunners and stay-behind snipers on Two Sisters had fought to the death, ''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>[http://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>
== Notes ==
== Notes ==