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42 Commando take Mount Harriet and 45 Commando take Two Sisters.
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27745 |
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British destroyer Glamorgan badly damaged by land-launched exocet missile - 13 die.
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27746 |
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5 Infantry Brigade moves into position.
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27747 |
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Battle for Tumbledown, Wireless Ridge and Mount William - 15 Britons and 40 Argentines die.
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27748 |
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By daylight Argentine troops are fleeing in disarray, by mid-morning white flags are flying in Stanley, and by noon the British have marched to the outskirts of Stanley.
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27749 |
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Thatcher informs the Commons at 10.15pm UK time that the Argentines have surrendered.
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27750 |
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General Mario Menendez surrenders to Major General Jeremy Moore at 9pm FI time.
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27751 |
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9,800 Argentine troops put down their arms.
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27752 |
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British officers are flown by helicopter to the outlying settlements to accept the surrender of local Argentine commanders.
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27753 |
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Stanley's historic Globe Store is destroyed by an Argentine arsonist.
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27754 |