✦ History

Part of Falklands War

Battle of Mount Longdon

June 11–12, 1982 · Battle of Mount Longdon

Result British victory

3 Para took Mount Longdon in a night battle with the Argentine 7th Infantry Regiment.

On the map Contemporaries

United Kingdom

Argentina

United Kingdom
Argentina
Hew Pike military commander
Carlos Eduardo del Valle Carrizo Salvadores military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
450
Killed
23
Wounded
c. 60
Ships
1
Guns
6
Strength
278
Killed
31
Wounded
120
Captured
50

Units

29th Commando Regiment Royal Artillery Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom) 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment United Kingdom Commando Force Royal Navy
7th Infantry Regiment (Argentina)