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The first bomb targeted a British Army convoy and the second targeted the reinforcements sent to deal with the incident. Eighteen British soldiers were killed and six were seriously injured, making it the deadliest attack on the British Army during the Troubles. A civilian was also killed and another injured when British soldiers fired across the border after the first blast.

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rdfs:label
  • Warrenpoint ambush
rdfs:comment
  • The first bomb targeted a British Army convoy and the second targeted the reinforcements sent to deal with the incident. Eighteen British soldiers were killed and six were seriously injured, making it the deadliest attack on the British Army during the Troubles. A civilian was also killed and another injured when British soldiers fired across the border after the first blast.
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Strength
  • 1(xsd:integer)
  • ~50 troops
dcterms:subject
dbkwik:military/pr...iPageUsesTemplate
Partof
Date
  • 1979-08-27(xsd:date)
  • 1000.0
  • 1032.0
Commander
map size
  • 300(xsd:integer)
Caption
  • A British Army lorry destroyed in the ambush
Casualties
  • 1(xsd:integer)
  • 6(xsd:integer)
  • 18(xsd:integer)
  • None
Result
  • Deadliest attack on the British Army by the Provisional IRA
combatant
Latitude
  • 54(xsd:double)
map marksize
  • 5(xsd:integer)
map type
  • Northern Ireland
Place
  • Narrow Water Castle near Warrenpoint, County Down
Longitude
  • -6(xsd:double)
map relief
  • yes
Conflict
  • Warrenpoint ambush
abstract
  • The first bomb targeted a British Army convoy and the second targeted the reinforcements sent to deal with the incident. Eighteen British soldiers were killed and six were seriously injured, making it the deadliest attack on the British Army during the Troubles. A civilian was also killed and another injured when British soldiers fired across the border after the first blast.
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