 On 20 September, another soldier was hit and severely wounded in that area during a heavy machine gun attack on a 1st Cheshire Regiment patrol at Drumalt.On 26 September there was yet another casualty when a helicopter took fire as it landed at Newtownhamilton, and a soldier received a wound in the abdomen.The IRA unit responsible for the ambushes was nicknamed the "Cullyhanna Gun Club" by the British army.