Battle of Sonda

The Battle of Sonda was a major turning point in the Northern Gambia Insurgency.
== Order of battle ==
=== Lower Gambia ===
Lower Gambia People's Defence Army - LTG Karamba Mbye
* First Corps
** 1st Infantry Division
*** 1st Brigade
**** 3rd Infantry Regiment
**** 4th Infantry Regiment
**** 6th Infantry Regiment
**** 7th Infantry Regiment
**** 8th Infantry Regiment
*** 2nd Brigade
**** 10th Infantry Regiment
**** 11th Infantry Regiment'
**** 16th Infantry Regiment (Mech.)
** 1st Armoured Division
*** 1st Brigade (Tank)
**** 3rd Armoured Regiment
** 1st Special Forces Command
*** JSOG-Alpha
**** 1st Special Forces Regiment
***** 1st Mountaineer Battalion
***** 2nd Mountaineers Battalion
***** 3rd Mountaineers Battalion 
**** 2nd Special Forces Regiment
***** 1st Battalion, Jungle Infantry
***** 2nd Battalion, Jungle Infantry
***** 3rd Battalion, Jungle Infantry
***** 4th Battalion, Jungle Infantry
**** 1st Ranger Battalion
=== Gambia ===
Supreme Allied Command: SAG Bamba Kinteh
* 1st Freedom Army - FM Habib Bah
**I Corps
*** 3rd Infantry Division
**** 15th Brigade
***** 15th Infantry Regiment
***** 17th Infantry Regiment
***** 18th Infantry Regiment
***** 19th Infantry Regiment
***** 21st Infantry Regiment
**** 16th Brigade
***** 22nd "Sky Guards" Airborne Infantry Regiment
***** 24th "Rock" Infantry Regiment
***** 26th Infantry Regiment
***** 29th Infantry Regiment
**** 18th Brigade
***** 31st "Hell's Own" Infantry Regiment
***** 33rd Infantry Regiment
***** 34th "Owls" Infantry Regiment
**** SOF-Goat
***** 1st Special Operations Regiment
**** Support
***** 19th Artillery Battery
***** 20th Artillery Battery
* Royal Army of Gambia
** 3rd Corps
*** 6th Division
****Iron Brigade
*****36th Royal Infantry
*****21st Gambian Infantry Regiment
*****23rd Gambian Infantry Regiment
*****41st Elite Royal Infantry
****Copper Brigade
*****1st Gambian Infantry Regiment
*****23rd Royal Infantry
*****15th Advanced Recon Regiment
*****5th Middle Gambia Regiment
*****35th Royal Infantry
****Brass Brigade
*****1st Mechanized Infantry
*****3rd Grenadiers 
*****4th Mechanized
****Loricatus Brigade
*****5th Mudaraea Regiment
*****6th Mudaraea Regiment
*****9th Mudaraea Regiment
*****King's Royal Mudaraea
***7th Division
****Advanced Recon Scouts
*****17th Advance Scouts
****Royal Artillery Brigade
*****55th Artillery Battery
*****57th Artillery Battery
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