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2 Para set out for Goose Green.
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27696 |
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UN Security Council Resolution 505 instructs de Cuellar to seek negotiated settlement.
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27697 |
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45 Commando and 3 Para set out for Douglas and Teal Inlet.
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27698 |
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SAS land in strength on Mount Kent.
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27699 |
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Sea harriers attack Goose Green - one plane is shot down.
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27700 |
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British forces furious when BBC World Service report 2 Para are advancing on Darwin but Argentine commander believes this is deliberate misinformation.
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27701 |
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2 Para launch attack early in the morning, and by evening surround Goose Green - 17 British and 250 Argentines die.
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27702 |
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Colonel H Jones is killed during the attack and subsequently awarded Victoria Cross.
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27703 |
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5 Infantry Brigade trans-ship from QE2 to Norland and Canberra at South Georgia.
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27704 |
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British shelling by air and sea of Stanley recommences and continues for the next 16 days.
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27705 |