Week 12
14th June(Mon)
2 Para on Wireless Ridge
2nd Scots on Tumbledown Mountain
As dawn broke on Monday 14th, and the Scots Guards completed the capture of Tumbledown, 2 Para on Wireless Ridge saw the Argentines streaming back to Stanley as the British artillery shelled their positions at will. The British forces now edged forward
Under Brigadier Thompson (pictured below at an earlier stage in the campaign), 2 Para moved off along the Stanley road followed later by 3 Para; 42 Cdo shortly flew forward from Mount Harriet and marched towards Stanley; and 45 Cdo yomped from Two Sisters for Sapper Hill. By nightfall all of 3 Cdo Bde was close to the capital. With 5th Infantry, the Gurkhas were ready to make a daylight attack on Mount William, but the Argentines disappeared and D Coy moved onto the summit that morning without any opposition. Meanwhile the Welsh Guards were delayed by minefields on their way to Sapper Hill, but then flew in with A and C Coys 40 Cdo to face slight enemy resistance just as 45 Cdo showed up.
2 Para was the first unit to reach the outskirts, but halted as surrender negotiations got underway. These lasted for much of the day, and as they proceeded, British forces were ordered not to fire on the apparently demoralized enemy. However even now, General Menendez had 8,000 troops in the Stanley area including the largely intact 3rd, 6th and 25th Inf Regts, still well supplied with food and small arms ammo, but with little left for their remaining artillery and with all the high ground taken. Although ordered by Galtieri that morning to continue the fight, Menendez decided to negotiate, and a small British team led by Lt Col Rose of the SAS helicoptered in. A surrender document covering enemy forces both on West and East Falkland was agreed at the end of the afternoon, and that evening, General Moore flew to Stanley for the official signing.
1/7 Gurkhas behind Tumbledown Mountain
C Coy 1/7 Gurkhas at Goose Green
1st Welsh Guards and A & C Coys 40 Cdo to the south west of Mount Harriet
B Coy 40 Cdo in defence of San Carlos Water
14th June(Mon)
2 Para on Wireless Ridge
2nd Scots on Tumbledown Mountain
As dawn broke on Monday 14th, and the Scots Guards completed the capture of Tumbledown, 2 Para on Wireless Ridge saw the Argentines streaming back to Stanley as the British artillery shelled their positions at will. The British forces now edged forward
Under Brigadier Thompson (pictured below at an earlier stage in the campaign), 2 Para moved off along the Stanley road followed later by 3 Para; 42 Cdo shortly flew forward from Mount Harriet and marched towards Stanley; and 45 Cdo yomped from Two Sisters for Sapper Hill. By nightfall all of 3 Cdo Bde was close to the capital. With 5th Infantry, the Gurkhas were ready to make a daylight attack on Mount William, but the Argentines disappeared and D Coy moved onto the summit that morning without any opposition. Meanwhile the Welsh Guards were delayed by minefields on their way to Sapper Hill, but then flew in with A and C Coys 40 Cdo to face slight enemy resistance just as 45 Cdo showed up.
2 Para was the first unit to reach the outskirts, but halted as surrender negotiations got underway. These lasted for much of the day, and as they proceeded, British forces were ordered not to fire on the apparently demoralized enemy. However even now, General Menendez had 8,000 troops in the Stanley area including the largely intact 3rd, 6th and 25th Inf Regts, still well supplied with food and small arms ammo, but with little left for their remaining artillery and with all the high ground taken. Although ordered by Galtieri that morning to continue the fight, Menendez decided to negotiate, and a small British team led by Lt Col Rose of the SAS helicoptered in. A surrender document covering enemy forces both on West and East Falkland was agreed at the end of the afternoon, and that evening, General Moore flew to Stanley for the official signing.
1/7 Gurkhas behind Tumbledown Mountain
C Coy 1/7 Gurkhas at Goose Green
1st Welsh Guards and A & C Coys 40 Cdo to the south west of Mount Harriet
B Coy 40 Cdo in defence of San Carlos Water
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