frombadtraverse
02-19-2002, 04:04 AM
An attempt to show off their prowess at dawn assaults went badly wrong for a unit of heavily armed British Royal Marines at the weekend when they accidentally invaded the wrong country.
The enemy, when they appeared, turned out to be two blue-uniformed officers from La Linea's municipal police force, who informed the detachment of marines that they were not, as they had thought, in Gibraltar.
The marines beat a hasty retreat and went off to find the real Gibraltar. This, locals observed, was easily recognisable because it had a 1,398ft high rock sticking out of it.
The rest of the story is here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,652600,00.html
It was probably an attempt to ascertain if Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.
The enemy, when they appeared, turned out to be two blue-uniformed officers from La Linea's municipal police force, who informed the detachment of marines that they were not, as they had thought, in Gibraltar.
The marines beat a hasty retreat and went off to find the real Gibraltar. This, locals observed, was easily recognisable because it had a 1,398ft high rock sticking out of it.
The rest of the story is here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,652600,00.html
It was probably an attempt to ascertain if Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.