You have achieved a minor defeat in this battle**
Aftermath:**
Phase one was preceded by a strong artillery bombardment.*
When D/Para assaulted they found the Argentinean defenders routed.**
A/2 Para and B/2 Para’s frontal assault against “Apple Pie” found more resistance, but the attack was a success. *
C/2 Para took “Ring Contour 100” without resistance, finding that the Argentinean trenches had been abandoned only minutes before. *
From “Rough Diamond”, D/2 Para moved to the western end of Wireless Ridge (“Blueberry Pie”). They managed to take the first half of the ridge without trouble, but the Argentineans resisted fiercely over the second half. Eventually the Argentinean forces break and all of Wireless Ridge is controlled by D/2 Para.*
With dawn the Argentineans attempt a limited counter-attack led by Major Berazay, but they are soon driven off with the help of artillery. **
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As dawn breaks on Monday the 14th the Scots Guards complete the capture of Tumbledown while 2 Para on Wireless Ridge, sees the Argentineans streaming back to Stanley.*
2 Para was the first unit to reach the outskirts of Stanley, but halts as surrender negotiations get underway. Although ordered by the Military Junta at Buenos Aires that morning to continue the fight, General Menendez, the Argentinean Commander, decides to capitulate. General Moore flies to Stanley for the official signing at 9:00pm.*
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