Operation Royal Amethyst | |||||||
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Part of Portuguese Colonial War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Portugal | PAIGC | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Maj. Almeida Bruno Cap. António Ramos Cap. Matos Gomes Cap. Raúl Folques | Unknown | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Unknown | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
450 soldiers 1 LDG 2 LFDs | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
10 killed 22 wounded 3 missing | 67 guerrillas killed (2 Cubans and 4 Mauritanians) |
Operation Royal Amethyst was a military operation carried out by the Portuguese Guinean Battalion of Commandos, which was held on 8 May 1973 in the course of the Colonial War in Guinea-Bissau, which had the purpose of "annihilating or at least dismantling the organisation of the guerrillas in the region of Guidaje-Bigene".