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PERSONAL FOR CBF FROM CGS PD YOU WILL NOW KNOW AND NO DOUBT
BE RELIEVED THAT HOSTILITIES HAVE NOW CEASED IN THE FALKLAND
ISLANDS PD THE ARGENTINES HAVE SURRENDERED THEIR FORCES PD I
AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU THAT GURKHA TROOPS MADE
AN INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THIS SUCCESS PD HAVING BEEN
TRANS-SHIPPED FROM THE QE2 IN THE AREA OF SOUTH GEORGIA FOR A
·MOVE INTO. SAN CARLOS WATER CMM THE BATTALION WAS LANDED AND
TOOK OVER RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DARWIN/GOOSE GREEN AREA FROM 2 PARA FD DURING THE DEFENCE OF THIS ISTHMUS CMM WHICH JOINED
LAFONIA TO EAST FALKLAND CMM THEY HAD SEVERAL ENCOUNTERS WITH ARGENTINE PATROLS INVOLVING NOT ONLY THE RESIDUE OF THE ENEMY
WHO HAD BEEN IN THE GOOSE GREEN AREA CMM BUT ALSO SOME MARAUDING ENEMY PATROLS FROM FURTHER EAST PD SOME EIGHT
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PRISONERS OF WAR WERE CAPTURED (WHO INCIDENTALLY WERE EQUIPPED WITH SAM WEAPONS) PD THE BATTALION CLEARLY DID WELL PD SUBSEQUENTLY THE BATTALION WAS DEPLOYED EAST OVERLAND BY A COMBINATION OF FOOT AND HELICOPTER FOR THE FINAL PHASES OF THE MAIN ASSAULT ON PORT STANLEY IN WHICH THEY PLAYED A VERY DISTINGUISHED PART PD DURING THIS ACTION CMM 1/7 GR HAD AS THEIR OBJECTIVE MOUNT WILLIAM CMM BELIEVED TO BE HELD STRONGLY
BY A BATTALION OF ENEMY CHM WHICH BY ALL ACCOUNTS CMM FACED WITH THE PANACHE AND. REPUTATION OF THE GURKHAS CNM APPENDED TC HAVE TURNED TAIL AND FLED TAKING WITH THEM INTO STANLEY THE NEXT POSITION IN DEPTH CMM SO NO HEADS WERE CUT OFF WITH KUKRIS OR ANYTHING MESSY LIKE THAT EXCLAN BUT THE MIRE PRESENCE OF THE GURKHAS ACTUALLY HELPED TO QUICKER THE FINAL STAGES AND SAVE CASUALTIES PD ALTHOUGH AT PRESENT I HAVE NO
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