"In the second week of June we received a platoon of the 12th Infantry Regiment, which had been unable to link up with the bulk of its unit and we recovered two rifle platoons from A Company, which were added to the supporting Two Sisters defences. We also got reinforcements in the form of MAG machineguns from the Horsed Grenadiers Regiment along with their (rifle) teams." (EL RI 4 EN MALVINAS, Diego Alejandro Soria, http://www.aveguema.org.ar/Archived 11 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
"Two Companies of 42 CDO had taken a regimental position for 2 killed and 30 wounded ... We had been ordered to be prepared to press forward the attack onto Mount Tumbledown and Mount William if the enemy fled our initial attack, and time allowed. By dawn, it was obvious that we were in no position to attack. We were exhausted, out of ammo and suffering significant casualties. My 2IC, a radio operator, my tac HQ machine gunner and one of my troop commanders had all been shot and a further 10 wounded. Another troop Commander was suffering from shellshock.". A Rifle Company Commander's Perspective, Major David G. Wheen, Royal Marines
"L Company's task was to clear and secure the western end of the Mount Harriet feature. Starting after k company across the same start line, surprise had been lost and so L Company came under effective fire from heavy machine-guns within 200 metres of the start line taking three casualties almost at once. Captain Wheen, Commanding l Company, called for MILAN to fire at the machine-gun positions.". A Rifle Company Commander's Perspective, Major David G. Wheen, Royal Marines
"This involved a fighting advance of about 600 Metres and, as each position took a separate troop or section attack to deal with it, it took about five hours to cover the distance from the start line. The company found that it was best to keep skirmishing forward throughout this advance because going to ground for any length of time meant sitting in the middle of the enemy artillery fire, here artillery and small arms caused a further 4 gunshot and 7 shrapnel casualties.". A Rifle Company Commander's Perspective, Major David G. Wheen, Royal Marines
"When reorganized his company, sent the prisoners to the rear and then ordered 5 troop to move forward to the company's next objective, an enemy position in the rocky outcrop about 500 Metres due North of the Western end of Harriet. Before they moved, Wheen concentrated all his available machine guns, fifteen guns in all, on the ridge. As 5 troop moved forward down the slope to the rocky outcrop, they came under heavy fire from their objective. Wheen pulled them back and then hit the enemy with mortar, artillery and machine-gun fire before ordering 5 troop forward again. They dashed forward with great determination and winkled or killed out the enemy."A Rifle Company Commander's Perspective, Major David G. Wheen, Royal Marines
"Two Companies of 42 CDO had taken a regimental position for 2 killed and 30 wounded ... We had been ordered to be prepared to press forward the attack onto Mount Tumbledown and Mount William if the enemy fled our initial attack, and time allowed. By dawn, it was obvious that we were in no position to attack. We were exhausted, out of ammo and suffering significant casualties. My 2IC, a radio operator, my tac HQ machine gunner and one of my troop commanders had all been shot and a further 10 wounded. Another troop Commander was suffering from shellshock". A Rifle Company Commander's Perspective, Major David G. Wheen, Royal Marines
"In the second week of June we received a platoon of the 12th Infantry Regiment, which had been unable to link up with the bulk of its unit and we recovered two rifle platoons from A Company, which were added to the supporting Two Sisters defences. We also got reinforcements in the form of MAG machineguns from the Horsed Grenadiers Regiment along with their (rifle) teams." (EL RI 4 EN MALVINAS, Diego Alejandro Soria, http://www.aveguema.org.ar/Archived 11 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
