British ships, planes, artillery hit Argentines
EAST FALKLAND ISLAND
(AP) — British forces blitzed
Argentine positions around
Stanley with artillery, bombs
and surrender leaflets Thurs
day, but the Argentines refused
to give in and battled British
commandos six miles west of
the Falklands capital in fog. mud
1
and snow, reports from the front
said.
Press Association, Britain's
domestic news agency, said
Prime Minister Margaret
Thatcher has made “one last
offer" to Argentina to withdraw
its troops from the Falklands
before what likely will be a
bloody battle for the capital. It
gave no details and did not say
whether Argentina replied.
A top Argentine general at the
United Nations said, however,
his government would not with
draw if that was a condition for a
cease-fire.
British government sources
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said Thatcher also has given the
British commanders the go
ahead to attack Stanley "when
ever they are ready" and as
sured them they will not be held
up for "political or diplomatic
reasons."
Military sources in London
said Maj Gen. Jeremy Moore,
commander of British ground
forces In the Falklands, Is not
expected to unleash the final
offensive until the weekend
while he moves up troops,
heavy weapons and supplies to
the front line along the high
ground west of the capital.
British correspondents said
Moore, looking through bin
oculars, viewed the blue and
white Argentine flag above the
former British governor's res
idence in Stanley and quoted
him as telling his men: "We’ll
hoist the Union Jack down there
just as soon as we can get there
And believe me, it won't be
long."
Informed sources in London,
who asked not to be identified,
reported firefights as British
Special Air Service squads
probed the Argentine defense
perimeter about six miles west
of Stanley But there was no
official confirmation or word on
casualties
British Harrier jets dropped
bombs and thousands of leaf
lets calling on the Argentine
troops to surrender Half the
leaflets bore "safe conduct
passes" in English and Spanish
signed by Rear Adm John
Woodward, commander of the
100-ship British armada around
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the South Atlantic islands that
Argentina seized from Britain
April 2
Other leaflets called on the
estimated 7,000 Argentines to
make the-1‘correct and honora
ble" decision to give themselves
up like their comrades on South
Georgia island, 700 miles to the
east, who surrendered April
25-26, the Defense Ministry in
London said.
On the reverse were photo
graphs of the Argentine com
mander on South Georgia, Lt
Cmdr Alfredo Astiz, signing the
surrender document on board a
British frigate
The leaflets said: "Think of
the danger you are in. Your ra
tions and war supplies are in
short supply because of the Bri
tish naval blockade Matters will
get even worse Think of your
loved ones and the home that
awaits your happy return "
But the Argentines held fast
and fired salvos from 155mm
guns at British marine com
mandos blazing away with
105mm guns from the heights
overlooking Stanley The British
gunners were backed by Harrier
jet strikes and offshore naval
bombardment
The privately-owned Argen
tine news agency DYN quoted
naval sources as saying some
British Harriers were now
equipped with U S -supplied
Sidewinder air-to-air missiles
Gunman hits
Israeli official
LONDON (AP) - The Israeli
ambassador to Britain, Shlomo
Argov, was shot and critically
wounded Thursday night in an
assassination attempt outside a
London hotel, police and For
eign Office sources reported
They said Argov was taken
alive to London's Westminster
Hospital, and that Argov's as
sailant was shot and wounded
by police of Scotland Yard's
Diplomatic Protection Group
after the attack on the ambas
sador outside the Dorchester
Hotel
He said the suspected as
sailant was “detained under
guard" in a central London ho
spital, but did not disclose the
man's condition or identify him
The spokesman said that,
soon after the shooting, police
arrested two people in a car and
"a weapon was recovered” in
the south London district of
Brixton across the River
Thames from the swank Mayfair
district where the Dorchester is
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