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Emergency was declared in June 1948, the British were short of units with which to take on the Communists, especially units which were trained to fight in the jungle sanctuaries which the MCP and MNLA had established. As part of the solution, small counter-insurgency units to deal with jungle-based communist insurgency were formed.<unk> As part of the solution, small counter-insurgency units to deal with jungle-based communist insurgency were formed. <unk> <unk> <unk>