Operation Royal Amethyst

Operation Royal Amethyst
Part of Portuguese Colonial War
Date 19 May 1973 Location Guidaje, Portuguese Guinea Result Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portugal	PAIGC
Commanders and leaders
Maj. Almeida Bruno Cap. António Ramos Cap. Matos Gomes Cap. Raúl Folques	Unknown
Units involved
Forças Armadas Portuguese Army Portuguese Navy Portuguese Air Force	Unknown
Strength
450 soldiers 1 LDG 2 LFDs	Unknown
Casualties and losses
10 killed 22 wounded 3 missing	67 guerrillas killed (2 Cubans and 4 Mauritanians)

Operation Royal Amethyst was a military operation carried out by the Portuguese Guinean Battalion of Commandos, which was held on 8 May 1973 in the course of the Colonial War in Guinea-Bissau, which had the purpose of "annihilating or at least dismantling the organisation of the guerrillas in the region of Guidaje-Bigene".