BBC News | EUROPE | Spanish inquisition into invasion gaffe

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Posted: 2/18/2002 by Duncan Modified: 2/18/2002 by Duncan
I've just seen this reported on the tube. LOL - BBC News \| EUROPE \| Spanish inquisition into invasion gaffe Red-faced Royal Marines have been forced to beat a hasty retreat after storming a Spanish beach resort instead of the fortress rock of Gibraltar. A map-reading glitch sent the 20-strong invasion force onto the beach at La Linea, the town on the frontier with the British colony, to the surprise of Spanish locals.
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