Battle of Two Sisters

Battle of Two Sisters
Part of the Falklands War
Date11–12 June 1982
Location
Result British victory
Belligerents
 United Kingdom  Argentina
Commanders and leaders
United Kingdom Lt. Col. Andrew Whitehead Argentina Maj. Ricardo Cordón
Units involved

3 Commando Brigade

United Kingdom Royal Navy
4th Infantry Regiment
6th Infantry Regiment
Strength
600 Royal Marines
6 light guns
1 destroyer (HMS Glamorgan)
350
1 shore missile battery
Casualties and losses
8 killed on land.[1][2][3] 14 killed on HMS Glamorgan [4]
17 wounded on land.[5] unknown on HMS Glamorgan.[6][7]
1 destroyer damaged
20 killed
50 wounded[8]
54 captured[8]

The Battle of Two Sisters was an engagement of the Falklands War during the British advance towards the capital, Port Stanley. It took place from 11 to 12 June 1982 and was one of three battles in a Brigade-size operation all on the same night, the other two being the Battle of Mount Longdon and the Battle of Mount Harriet. It was fought mainly between an assaulting British force consisting of Royal Marines of 45 Commando and an Argentine Company drawn from 4th Infantry Regiment (Regimiento de Infantería 4 or RI 4).

One of a number of night battles that took place during the British advance towards Stanley, the battle led to British troops capturing all the heights above the town, allowing its capture and the surrender of the Argentine forces on the islands.

  1. ^ The Falkland Islands - Palace Barracks Memorial Garden
  2. ^ "All three companies then fought brisk battles on their objectives, suffering eight killed and seventeen wounded in the process." Jigsaw Puzzles: Tactical Intelligence in the Falklands Campaign, Giles Orpen-Smellie, p. ?, Amberley Publishing Limited, 2022
  3. ^ 12 June: Troops advance on land, but Glamorgan struck by Exocet
  4. ^ "The Falkland Islands". Palace Barracks Memorial Garden. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  5. ^ "All three companies then fought brisk battles on their objectives, suffering eight killed and seventeen wounded in the process." Jigsaw Puzzles: Tactical Intelligence in the Falklands Campaign, Giles Orpen-Smellie, p. ?, Amberley Publishing Limited, 2022
  6. ^ "Royal Marines Historical Timeline". Archived from the original on 17 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  7. ^ HMS Glamorgan: memorial for Falklands War ship
  8. ^ a b 5th Infantry Brigade in the Falklands 1982. Nicholas Van der Bijl, David Aldea. p. 177. Leo Cooper, 2003.