article_snippet.sent: L/Cpl Leakey also took control of a machine gun post to begin the fightback, then ran down a barren hillside, dodging a hail of bullets, picked up another machine gun and continued the battle in which 11 insurgents were killed and four wounded.
article_snippet.sent: First, Lance Corporal Leakey dashed across a barren hillside which was being raked with enemy fire and undeterred by the 'very clear and present danger', Lance Corporal Leakey gave first aid to a wounded officer.
article_snippet.sent: But with the 'snap and crack' of enemy fire all around Lance Corporal Leakey, Lance Corporal Leakey realised that two of Lance Corporal Leakey group's machine gun teams had been surrounded.
article_snippet.sent: Lance Corporal Leakey took control of the situation and began the casualty evacuation.
article_snippet.sent: Lance Corporal Leakey went back up the hill and took control of one of the machine guns – with bullets ricocheting off the gun's frame – before running down again, drawing enemy fire.
article_snippet.sent: Lance Corporal Leakey, 'with the full knowledge of the dangers', exposed Lance Corporal Leakey to Taliban fire once more.
article_snippet.sent: Weighed down with 60lb of equipment, Lance Corporal Leakey ran to the bottom of the hill, picked up a second machine gun and climbed back up the hill.
article_snippet.sent: Drawing the majority of enemy fire, with rounds flying past Lance Corporal Leakey head, Lance Corporal Leakey opened fire.
article_snippet.sent: Then Lance Corporal Leakey handed over a second machine gun to a comrade and supervised the evacuation of the wounded officer.