A mixture of hand-to-hand fighting and ranged combat resulted in the British occupying this position above Port Stanley, allowing its capture and the surrender of Argentine forces on the islands.

British paratroopers carried the semi-automatic L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle (SLR) and the L7A2 General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG), for covering fire during assaults.

[11] For clearing bunkers, the M72 LAW, 84mm Carl Gustaf & L2 fragmentation grenades, were widely used and the battalions MILAN anti-tank guided missiles, played a critical role in neutralizing Argentine defensive positions.

[15] 3 PARA and the supporting Royal Engineers from the 9 Parachute Squadron RE[16] crossed the hills North of Mount Simon to seize the high ground above the settlement known as Estancia House.

In early June, while pretending to have lost his way while riding his motorbike, he engaged in conversation with a group of five conscripts under the command of Corporal Remigio Gerónimo Díaz of the 1st Platoon.

These soldiers had been assigned to guard supplies that had been airlifted forward and were resting in the sun after consuming several cans of beer at the eastern end of Mount Longdon.

[19] During the night of June 4–5, a three-man British patrol from D Company, comprising Corporal Jerry Phillips with Privates Richard Absolon and Bill Hayward, was deployed to the northern slopes of Mount Longdon.

The British snipers targeted Baldini's platoon and fired a 66mm anti-tank rocket at a mortar position under the command of Corporal Óscar Carrizo.

The Argentine 7th Infantry Regiment's Reconnaissance Platoon, led by Second Lieutenant Francisco Ramón Galíndez Matienzo, was stationed on Wireless Ridge but could not carry out their own patrols, as they had been designated as the reserve force for the area.

In the early hours of June 7, a combined patrol from the 601 Commando Company and the 601 National Gendarmerie Special Forces Squadron advanced toward the Murrell Bridge following intelligence reports from Major Jaimet indicating enemy activity in the area.

A chaotic firefight ensued in the darkness, with both sides exchanging small arms fire, British LAW rockets and Argentine Energa rifle grenades.

[22] That same night, an eight-man section led by Corporal Oscar Nicolás Albornoz-Guevara from the 4th Regiment's C Company, stationed on Two Sisters, attempted to scout and map the British positions near Estancia House.

"[25] When 3 PARA's B Company (under Major Mike Argue) fixed bayonets to storm the Argentine 1st Platoon positions on Mount Longdon, they found themselves trapped in a minefield.

During the engagement, Corporal Stewart McLaughlin was spotted eliminating an Argentine 7.62mm machine gun positioned on high ground overlooking the western slopes.

Marine Corporal Carlos Rafael Colemil was part of the forward defence and fought as a sniper: A British soldier climbed over the rock which supported the accommodation bunker of the 105mm gun crew, and from there he was silhouetted.

"The Lieutenant pushed us back and stood up trying to unlock the barrel but then he was shot in his belly by enemy fire", he recalled in an interview with Eduardo César Gerding of the Nottingham Malvinas Group.

Corporal Dario Ríos was found lying dead with his platoon commander and Baldini's weapon and boots were removed for the use of British soldiers.

Private Nick Rose in 6 Platoon recalls: Pete Gray stood up and went to throw a grenade and he was shot by a sniper in his left forearm.

Sergeant McKay, showing extraordinary bravery for which he would be awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross, pressed forward alone, charged the enemy position, throwing grenades but was killed, his body falling on the bunker.

(Arms & Armour Press, 1993), noted that McKay and his team successfully eliminated several Marine riflemen but failed to neutralize the heavy machine gun.

[34] Major Carrizo-Salvadores on 'Full Back' had remained in touch with the Argentine commanders in Port Stanley: Around midnight I asked RHQ for infantry reinforcements, and I was given a rifle platoon from Captain Hugo García's C Company.

The Platoon fought with great courage in fierce hand-to-hand combat and the battle raged for two more hours, but gradually the enemy broke contact and withdrew while being engaged by artillery strikes.

Colour Sergeant Brian Faulkner, seeing that more than 20 wounded Paras on the western slopes of the mountain were about to fall into the hands of Corporal Arribas, deployed anyone fit enough to defend the position.

"I picked four blokes and got up on this high feature, and as I did so this troop of twenty or thirty Argentines [in fact a reinforced section of 12 to 15 riflemen under Corporal Arribas] were coming towards us.

[36] According to Corporal Jorge Arribas, two men (Privates Jose Luis Del Hierro and Alfredo Gatton) in his rifle section were killed in this action.

During the final phase of clearing the positions by A Company, Corporal McLaughlin sustained injuries from a recoilless gun fired from "Rough Diamond".

While proceeding toward the aid post, he, along with Lance Corporal Peter Higgs, was fatally wounded by an 81 mm mortar round launched by the platoon commanded by First Sergeant Mario Ricardo Alcaide.

[43] [44] By the time the survivors of Castañeda's 46-man platoon managed to retreat from the mountain, they were utterly exhausted, having suffered six killed and twenty-one wounded during the counterattack.

The Platoon Commander and Corporal Julio César Oviedo were tossed into the air and knocked unconscious by an explosion with Quiroga only recovering his wits after being given some whisky in the freezing night.

Earlier on 12 June, Royal Marine Sergeant Peter Thorpe was wounded while assisting injured artillerymen trapped in a Snowcat disabled in a minefield.