I suspect it was a WHOLE BUNCH of rag-tag militia...
I’m just trying to envisage a load of a ‘whole bunch’ of militia trying to take The SAS headquarters in Hereford whilst praying and spraying from their technicals and roaring ‘Alluha Akbar’ the whole way. It requires a heavy suspension of disbelief. The only way I could imagine it happening is if the numbers of militia where so large that there were more individuals within it than the SAS had rounds....