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British Marines Lose Bearings and 'Invade' Spain
Mon Feb 18, 4:15 PM ET
GIBRALTAR (Reuters) - British troops invaded Spain on Sunday -- but beat a hasty retreat when bemused locals informed them their seaborne landing exercise had strayed off course on to a Spanish beach near Gibraltar.
Officials said on Monday that about 20 Royal Marines had spent a few minutes on Spanish soil, some distance from their intended training target on the British colony that is the subject of a 300-year dispute between London and Madrid.
British Marines Lose Bearings and 'Invade' Spain
Mon Feb 18, 4:15 PM ET
GIBRALTAR (Reuters) - British troops invaded Spain on Sunday -- but beat a hasty retreat when bemused locals informed them their seaborne landing exercise had strayed off course on to a Spanish beach near Gibraltar.
Officials said on Monday that about 20 Royal Marines had spent a few minutes on Spanish soil, some distance from their intended training target on the British colony that is the subject of a 300-year dispute between London and Madrid.