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Bayonet Brits kill 35 rebels
The Sun (UK) ^ | 5/16/04 | Unattributed

Posted on 05/16/2004 8:46:27 PM PDT by 1066AD

OUTNUMBERED British soldiers killed 35 Iraqi attackers in the Army’s first bayonet charge since the Falklands War 22 years ago. The fearless Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders stormed rebel positions after being ambushed and pinned down.

Despite being outnumbered five to one, they suffered only three minor wounds in the hand-to-hand fighting near the city of Amara.

The battle erupted after Land Rovers carrying 20 Argylls came under attack on a highway.

After radioing for back-up, they fixed bayonets and charged at 100 rebels using tactics learned in drills.

When the fighting ended bodies lay all over the highway — and more were floating in a nearby river. Nine rebels were captured.

An Army spokesman said: “This was an intense engagement.”

The last bayonet charge was by the Scots Guards and the Paras against Argentinian positions.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bayonets; britishtoops; britishtroops; handtohand; iraq; napalminthemorning; wot
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To: 1066AD

Wow. Looks like "Don't bring a knife to a gun fight" is superceded by "Don't piss off the Brits". Outstanding work.


81 posted on 05/16/2004 9:27:27 PM PDT by ThinkDifferent
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To: GretchenM

No ambusher of coalition troops should be allowed to escape alive.

If they know that every attack they make is a suicide attack, their pool of potential volunteers will be very low.

Respond with overwhelming force.

This is a truly amazing story.

God bless these brave warriors and their families.


82 posted on 05/16/2004 9:33:02 PM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: John Jorsett

Duh, 5 to 1 .... my bad math (or as Brits say, "Maths")


83 posted on 05/16/2004 9:33:30 PM PDT by WOSG (http://freedomstruth.blogspot.com - I salute our brave fallen.)
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To: Brimack34
Stop this capturing stuff. No more prisoners. Great job though.

The headline should have read: "Brits mount bayonet charge, 35 insurgents killed, 8 captured who later died of wounds suffered in battle"

84 posted on 05/16/2004 9:34:44 PM PDT by antaresequity (This is not the "War on Terror", Islam is the common denominator)
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To: kerryveryscary
it is rather amazing that they charged 100 armed men and only got 3 minor wounds

The "Ladies from Hell" are at it again.

85 posted on 05/16/2004 9:34:54 PM PDT by tbpiper
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To: 1066AD

It seems the Brits see this as it really is, WAR!

Our soldiers have too many restants put upon them.
Our country does not control our own press, and our soldiers have to act like this is some kind of "honor" battle like during the Civil war "field" battles where they would march and keep marching into cannons pointed straight at them while the front lines were picked off row by row.


86 posted on 05/16/2004 9:35:27 PM PDT by GottaLuvAkitas1
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To: Ursus arctos horribilis
Col. Joshua Chamberlain and the 10th Maine...

I don't mean to pick nits, but to be historically accurate, it was the 20th Maine.

87 posted on 05/16/2004 9:36:41 PM PDT by arm958
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To: 1066AD

I'm only a trace Scot(mostly Irish), but I'll raise my glass to our Celtic and English cousins here.


88 posted on 05/16/2004 9:37:46 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan ("Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America being passive. They were wrong.” - Reagan)
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To: tbpiper
The "Ladies from Hell" are at it again.
A few Gurkhas or extra Argylls and it could've been a clean sweep !
More than anything I think it shows what discipline and training can do against a rabble although sheer numbers will tell in the end if it goes on long enough.
89 posted on 05/16/2004 9:40:31 PM PDT by 1066AD
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To: 1066AD

Wow! Those SOBs picked the wrong target this time.


90 posted on 05/16/2004 9:42:44 PM PDT by dougherty (I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. **-Michelangelo)
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To: EternalVigilance

I forgot to requote this: "Despite being outnumbered five to one, they suffered only three minor wounds in the hand-to-hand fighting near the city of Amara."

Wow.


91 posted on 05/16/2004 9:49:35 PM PDT by GretchenM (No military in the history of the world has fought so hard and so often for the freedom of others.-W)
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To: dougherty

Iraqis cry next to the grave of a dead family member as the body arrived for funeral ceremonies from the city of Amarah to the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, Sunday, May 16, 2004. At least 28 Iraqis died in recent fighting between British troops and gunmen loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, after a British patrol was ambushed between the southern cities of Amarah and Basra.

Armed Shiite militiamen lead a funeral procession as 22 killed Iraqis arrived from the city of Amarah to the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, Sunday May 16, 2004. At least 28 Iraqis died in recent fighting between British troops and gunmen loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, after a British patrol was ambushed between the southern cities of Amarah and Basra.

Some of those guys look pretty dejected...did they tell them they put bacon grease on their batons?

92 posted on 05/16/2004 9:49:55 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: chookter
The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)



  1. South Africa (Zululand)
  2. Boer War
  3. India and the Far East
  4. The Regiment had twenty six battalions in World War I and nine in World War II.

THE REGULAR ARMY 1st BATTALION ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS

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The 1st Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders are the West coast of Scotlands' Infantry Regiment of some 530 regular soldiers. They recruit from an area that stretches from Stirling, the regimental home and RHQ, in the east, north to Glencoe, westwards to Isles of Tiree, Mull and Islay, south throughout Argyll and Dunbartonshire and across the Clyde taking in Greenock and Paisley.

They are shortly to re-role into the British Army's newest, best equipped and most exciting Infantry Brigade - 16 Air Assault Brigade as an Air Assault Infantry battalion. They will be trained to deploy anywhere in the world when required to at short notice.

The Argyll and Sutherland Highlander soldiers are employed on humanitarian, peacekeeping and other operations (e.g. Afghanistan and Iraq ), as well as training.

From the:
THE ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS HOME PAGE

93 posted on 05/16/2004 9:49:58 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: I got the rope

Scotland is awesome,a very beautiful country and Edinburgh is a great place for nightlife.

I hope you go there,you won't regret it.


94 posted on 05/16/2004 9:50:11 PM PDT by Mears
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To: 1066AD

A little pic of what my lads from Glamorgan and Powys did at Rorke's Drift. My grandmother's maiden name was "Powers; i.e. Powys."

95 posted on 05/16/2004 9:52:26 PM PDT by CholeraJoe (Not Scottish. 3/4Welsh, 1/8Cherokee, 1/8Swiss. We're Archers and Infantry. Too short for the Cavalry)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl; Radix; HiJinx; Spiff; JackelopeBreeder; Da Jerdge; MJY1288; xzins; Calpernia; ...
William Wallace has returned with a vengeance in the very hearts of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.
96 posted on 05/16/2004 9:56:39 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: BurbankKarl

Made in Britain, tested in Iraq.

97 posted on 05/16/2004 10:02:12 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: SandRat
The spirit of the bayonet is TO KILL!!!
98 posted on 05/16/2004 10:02:54 PM PDT by datura (Let's drop the pretense. It's time to declare this a CRUSADE and finish it once and for all.)
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To: CholeraJoe

This is awesome to read about. How many times have we seen this same spirit overcome the force of evil in history? Your reference is a good one.


99 posted on 05/16/2004 10:03:17 PM PDT by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: datura
You got It! Unfortunately that little piece stopped being taught in the Clintoon PC salivation army but it's back now! Thanks to GW.
100 posted on 05/16/2004 10:07:34 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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