Raid of Fort Lacroix

Raid on Fort Lacroix
Part of Corsican conflict
Date 25 March 1977 Location Bastia, Corsica France 42°41′34″N 9°26′34″E / 42.69278°N 9.44278°E / 42.69278; 9.44278 Result FLNC victory Outpost destroyed
Belligerents
FLNC	French Army
Strength
8 militants	4 soldiers
Casualties and losses
None	4 soldiers subdued
Location within Corsica

The Raid of Fort Lacroix was an attack on a French military outpost at Fort Lacroix in Bastia, Corsica, on 25 March 1977. A commando of eight men from the National Liberation Front of Corsica broke into the French Army's relay station, capturing four sentries and bombing the military complex.

Events

On the night of 25 March 1977, a group of eight FLNC members stormed the relay station at Fort Lacroix, formerly the principal French Army outpost in Haute-Corse. The main military installations were decommissioned in 1971, but half of the military section remained in the lower half of the fort, centred around the radio relay station. These were closed in 1990. The FLNC members captured the four sentries, stole weapons, damaged the relay, and destroyed the guardhouse so badly that it had to be demolished.

Aftermath

A much more damaging attack occurred at the Serra-di-Pigno relay station on 13 August 1977.

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