The Australians were soon contacted Communication by heavy small arms fire , with a third of the lead platoon falling wounded in the initial volleys .

Finally , `` A '' Company of the Argylls , the Argyll scout platoon and one squadron of the SARs were moved Self_motion to a point north of the crossing Sending along the canal to provide Supply a diversion and to test Testing German defences in that area .

Twenty-six soldiers were charged Judgment_communication with criminal offenses , but only Lieutenant William Calley Jr. , a platoon leader in C Company , was convicted Legal_rulings .

The assault group comprised Cause_to_be_included a reinforced company of six infantry platoons and an attached Connect platoon of Royal Engineers .

The Axis order Request of battle Hostile_encounter against the Bulgarians and Yugoslavs in this operation Military_operation comprised Cause_to_be_included some 17,000 men including the Kampfgruppe `` Langer '' with three infantry companies , one artillery battery and one platoon of tanks , Kampfgruppe `` Bredow '' with six infantry battalions , three artillery battalions and 10 tanks ) , Kampfgruppe `` Skanderbeg '' with about 7,000 men of Waffen-SS August Schmidhuber 's 21st Mountain Division `` Skanderbeg '' and about 4,000 German navy personnel making their way to the north from Greece .

1st platoon Charlie company 2nd LAR advanced Self_motion deep into the outskirts of the main force overnight .

A platoon of Australian commandos from the 1st Independent Company was located at Buka Airfield when the Japanese landed Self_motion but did not contest the invasion Attack .