Union Flag is raised

THE Union Flag was raised - seven weeks to the day after the Argentinian invasion - by three Royal Marines Commandos.

BBC reporter Robert Fox, who went ashore with the parachute troops, said in a dispatch: ‘During the landing there was a persistent initial bombardment.

‘Only one of the units, another parachute battalion, encountered resistance and there was a brisk fight. There were Argentinian casualties and prisoners.’

The assault troops were then subjected to continuous attacks by Argentinian planes, particularly the ‘vicious’ ground-attack and counter-insurgency aircraft Pucara.