Lt Adamson, who is single and comes from the Isle of Man, was moving between two eight man sections when a group of Taliban fighters attempted a flanking attack Photo: CHRIS SAVILLE/APEX British Officer Wins Two Gallantry Awards For Fending Off Taliban Attack With Bayonet -- The Telegraph
A young British officer, Lieutenant James Adamson, who won two gallantry awards while serving in Afghanistan has told how he fended off an enemy attack by bayoneting a Taliban fighter to death.
Lieutenant James Adamson was awarded the Military Cross after killing two insurgents during close quarter combat in Helmand's notorious "Green Zone".
The 24-year-old officer, a member of the 5th battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, revealed that he shouted "have some of this" before shooting dead a gunman who had just emerged from a maize field.
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My Comment: This is face to face combat, and gives a feel of what some of British soldiers are going through in Afghanistan. I only wish that more American reporters would follow up on such stories with their American soldiers so that readers back home will have a clearer idea on what is happening in the battle zones of Afghanistan.