Invaders in hasty retreat

Invaders in hasty retreat

Embarrassed British defence chiefs apologised yesterday after a detachment of
Royal Marines on a training exercise accidentally invaded Spain.

Twenty commandos in full combat gear attacked in two landing craft at La Linea
in southern Spain, believing the beach was on Gibraltar, a British colony.

The landing had ben entrusted to what one source described as "the worst
possible person - a young officer with a map."

The commandos were halted by two Spanish policemen who informed them they
were 200 metres off course - and on Spanish soil - just as the squad
fanned out and adopted firing positions.

- Leo Schlink

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This is of course the oficial story, and is of course true. Any references to
a man on the beach named James wearing a tuxedo and chasing a man with a cat
are totally false. In fact they were not there and I dont know why I even
brought it up. There were no strangely garbed henchman either that were
attacked by the commandos. There was of course no secret lab disguised
as a hot dog stand with a death ray/microwave. This was all the fault of
a