Battle of Tumbledown Mountain

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Tumbledown Mountain was a key night engagement during the 1982 Falklands War in which British forces captured strategic high ground from Argentine troops near Port Stanley.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Tumbledown	2
Battle of Tumbledown Mountain canonical	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Mount Tumbledown ⓘ
ArgentineUnit	5th Marine Infantry Battalion ⓘ Argentine Army elements ⓘ Argentine Marine companies ⓘ
BritishUnit	1st Battalion 7th Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Gurkha Rifles ⓘ 2nd Battalion Scots Guards ⓘ Royal Regiment of Artillery ⓘ surface form: Royal Artillery Royal Engineers ⓘ Royal Marines ⓘ
casualties	British and Argentine casualties on both sides ⓘ
commanderForArgentina	Teniente Coronel Carlos Robacio ⓘ surface form: Lieutenant Colonel Carlos Robacio
commanderForUnitedKingdom	Lieutenant Colonel Michael Scott ⓘ
conflict	Falklands War ⓘ
consequence	contributed to Argentine decision to surrender in Port Stanley ⓘ opened route for British advance on Port Stanley ⓘ
countryInvolved	Argentina ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
date	1982-06-13 ⓘ
endDate	1982-06-14 ⓘ
location	East Falkland ⓘ Tumbledown Mountain ⓘ near Port Stanley ⓘ
memorial	Tumbledown Mountain memorial in Scotland ⓘ memorials on the Falkland Islands ⓘ
objective	capture of Tumbledown Mountain ⓘ seizure of high ground west of Port Stanley ⓘ
outcome	Argentine forces withdrew from Tumbledown Mountain ⓘ
partOf	Falklands War ⓘ
relatedEvent	Battle of Mount Longdon ⓘ Battle of Mount Tumbledown ⓘ surface form: Battle of Mount William Battle of Wireless Ridge ⓘ
result	British victory ⓘ
strategicImportance	dominated approaches to Port Stanley ⓘ
support	artillery support ⓘ naval gunfire support from Royal Navy ships ⓘ
tacticsUsed	bayonet charges ⓘ close-quarters combat ⓘ night infiltration ⓘ
theatre	South Atlantic ⓘ
timePeriod	Falklands War ⓘ surface form: 1982 Falklands War
typeOfEngagement	infantry assault ⓘ night attack ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Mount Tumbledown → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Tumbledown Mountain ⓘ

Battle of Mount Longdon → followedBy → Battle of Tumbledown Mountain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Tumbledown

Battle of Mount Harriet → followedBy → Battle of Tumbledown Mountain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Tumbledown