Soldiers 'raring to go and arrest rioters'

Soldiers who burst into the Bogside on Bloody Sunday were “raring to go” and arrest rioters, a British Major General said today.

Major General Michael Steele, who was a Brigade Major of 8 Infantry Brigade, and was a senior staff officer at Ebrington Barracks in January 1972, recalled they were keen to be deployed to clamp down on troublemakers.