Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Operation Uric" in English language version.
Walls called a stop to the operation. This was the worst single military disater of the war. And, for the first time, the Rhodesians were unable to recover the bodies of their fallen comrades. As a book on the Rhodesian SAS later noted: 'For the first time in the history of the war, the Rhodesians had been stopped dead in their tracks.' The RLI and the SAS were forced to make an uncharacteristic and hasty retreat.
The Mozambique radio had reported that helicopter‐borne troops were crossing the border escorted by French‐built Mirage fighters. The broadcast said the attackers had killed some civilians along the Limpopo River in Gaza Province, but it gave no casualties among Mozambican troops.
