Leaving C Coy to garrison
Goose Green, the Gurkhas
moved towards Stanley. On Monday 7th, D Coy
sailed around to the Fitzroy/Bluff Cove area in the
Falkland's coaster "Monsunen" now back in
British hands after being taken over by the Royal Navy at
Darwin. Over the next two days, the rest of the battalion
helicoptered in,
and then moved to an area south of Mount Challenger in
reserve, in time for the 3 Cdo
Bde assaults.
In
preparation for their attack on Mount William, they again
helicoptered forward
on Sunday
13th to a position
just south of Two Sisters. As the Scots Guards battled for
Tumbledown, the Gurkhas marched
along the line of Goat Ridge, and just to the north of
Tumbledown ready for their assault, and on
the way suffered casualties from Argentine shellfire. As
dawn approached and the Guards had still not secured
Tumbledown, it appeared the Gurkhas would have to make a
daylight assault on Mount William.