Princess of Wales Regiment show their mettle ...

The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (PWRR) just emerged from a conflict where they were attacked day and night for nine days with everything the Taliban had in their arsenal.



Around 400 insurgents battered the compound at Roshan Tower with rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and kalashnikovs yet the troops, nicknamed The Tigers, still managed to kill a quarter of the enemy and suffered only one casualty.

In scenes likened to the famous Rorke’s Drift attack in 1879 when 139 British soldiers defeated over 4,000 Zulu warriors, a platoon of 30 soldiers from 2 PWRR serving with its A Company made a heroic stand against some the 400 Taliban insurgents last week.

Former SAS trooper, Andy McNab, famous for his harrowing ordeal in the first Iraq war said: “The bravery of these few men knows no bounds. The siege of Roshan Tower should go down in history as perhaps the most savage of the Afghan conflict.” Commenting on the heroic soldiers. Major General Paul Newton CBE, Colonel of the Regiment said: “Naturally, I was pleased but not surprised to read about the courage, determination and professionalism of our PWRR soldiers in combat in Afghanistan."

Say what you like about the Brits - they are showing themselves staunch allies.