page_title: Drummuckavall ambush
hierarchical_section_title: Drummuckavall ambush
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Физическая карта Северной Ирландии. English: Relief map of Northern Ireland. Projection: Mercator Geographic limits of the map: W: 8.3° W E: 5.3° W S: 53.9° N N: 55.4° N
context_page_description: The Drummuckavall ambush was an attack by the South Armagh Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army on a British Army observation post in Drummuckavall, southeast of Crossmaglen, County Armagh, on 22 November 1975. The attack, which occurred along the border with the Republic of Ireland, resulted in the deaths of three British soldiers and underlined the inefficiency of conventional military skills to deal with the situation in South Armagh, prompting the deployment of the Special Air Service in this area.
context_section_description: The Drummuckavall ambush was an attack by the South Armagh Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on a British Army observation post in Drummuckavall, southeast of Crossmaglen, County Armagh, on 22 November 1975. The attack, which occurred along the border with the Republic of Ireland, resulted in the deaths of three British soldiers and underlined the inefficiency of conventional military skills to deal with the situation in South Armagh, prompting the deployment of the Special Air Service (SAS) in this area.
caption: Location within Northern Ireland
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