Battle of Two Sisters

Battle of Two Sisters
	Part of the Falklands War
Date	11–12 June 1982
Location	Two Sisters Ridge, Falkland Islands
Result	British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom	Argentina
Commanders and leaders
Lt. Col. Andrew Whitehead	Maj. Ricardo Cordón
Units involved
3 Commando Brigade 40 Commando; 45 Commando; 29th Commando Regiment; 59 Independent Commando Squadron; Royal Navy	4th Infantry Regiment; 6th Infantry Regiment
Strength
600 Royal Marines; 6 light guns; 1 destroyer (HMS Glamorgan)	350; 1 shore missile battery
Casualties and losses
8 killed on land. 14 killed on HMS Glamorgan ; 17 wounded on land. unknown on HMS Glamorgan.; 1 destroyer damaged	20 killed; 50 wounded; 54 captured

The Battle of Two Sisters was an engagement of the Falklands War during the British advance towards the capital, Port Stanley. It took place from 11 to 12 June 1982 and was one of three battles in a Brigade-size operation all on the same night, the other two being the Battle of Mount Longdon and the Battle of Mount Harriet. It was fought mainly between an assaulting British force consisting of Royal Marines of 45 Commando and an Argentine Company drawn from 4th Infantry Regiment (Regimiento de Infantería 4 or RI 4).

One of a number of night battles that took place during the British advance towards Stanley, the battle led to British troops capturing all the heights above the town, allowing its capture and the surrender of the Argentine forces on the islands.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.