Driving the Taleban off Nipple Hill - again

Wed, 13 May 2020 07:43:39 GMT

On January 13 M Company 42 Commando fought for eight hours in what became known among the Marines as the Battle of Nipple Hill, so called because of the topography they were fighting over. The objective was to clear the area of Taleban, kill as many as possible and remove the threat that the hill and nearby village compound posed to the British troops. Now the Taleban are back, two weeks after the ferocious fighting that led to the death of one of the Marines.