Goose Green
"I should have sent more troops down there, I should have sent armour down there and I should have commanded in person. I didn't give it the attention it deserved because my eye was fixed in the other direction which was advancing towards Mount Kent."
Major General (then Brigadier) Julian Thompson, Commanding Officer, 3 Commando Brigade, 1982
Argentine POW (Soldier Magazine)
On 28 May the attack on Darwin and Goose Green began. Outnumbered by an Argentine garrison dug in with machine guns and artillery, the assault ground to a halt and casualties began to mount. The 2 Para commander, Lieutenant Colonel ‘H’ Jones, was killed in an action for which he would receive the Victoria Cross. Using rockets, rifles and bayonets the paras fought their way for 14 hours across the strip of land towards the Goose Green settlement under artillery fire and air attack.
Film of shivering prisoners of war disguised the fact that Argentine soldiers had put up a strong defence. Short of ammunition, yet determined to take their objective, the Parachute Regiment wore down the defenders. The message to the Argentine Junta was clear.
Tragedy at Bluff Cove
On 8 June an attack took place on the transport ships Sir Tristram and Sir Galahad as they moved supplies and men of the Welsh Guards from San Carlos to Fitzroy and Bluff Cove. 43 men were killed and many more wounded.
Sir Galahad at Bluff Cove (Soldier Magazine)
