Editing Commando Order (section)

===Sark Raid===
{{Main|Operation Basalt}}
On the night of 3–4 October 1942, ten men of the Small Scale Raiding Force and No. 12 Commando (attached) made an offensive raid on the German-occupied isle of Sark, called "[[Operation Basalt]]", to [[Reconnaissance|reconnoitre]] the island and to take prisoners.<ref name="Marshall">{{cite book |last=Marshall |first=Michael |publisher=Paramount-Lithoprint |title=Hitler envaded Sark |year=1967}}</ref>{{rp|26}}

During the raid, five prisoners were captured. To minimise the task of the guard left with the captives, the commandos tied the prisoners' hands behind their backs. According to the commandos, one prisoner started shouting to alert his comrades in a hotel and was shot dead.<ref name=Marshall/>{{rp|28}} The remaining four prisoners were silenced by stuffing their mouths, according to [[Anders Lassen]], with grass.<ref name="ELOB">{{cite book |last=Lee |first=Eric |title=Operation Basalt the British Raid on Sark and Hitler's Commando Order |date=2 March 2016 |publisher=The History Press |isbn=978-0750964364}}</ref>{{rp|73}}

En route to the beach, three prisoners made a break. Whether or not some had freed their hands during the escape has never been established, and it is unknown whether all three broke at the same time.<ref name="ELOB"/>{{rp|73}} One was shot and another stabbed, while the third managed to escape. The fourth was conveyed safely back to [[England]].<ref name="ELOB"/>{{rp|73}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Fowler |first=Will |title=Allies at Dieppe: 4 Commando and the US Rangers |year=2012 |publisher=Osprey Publishing |isbn=9781780965963 }}</ref>