Battle of Yialousa

Battle of Yialoussa
	Part of Cyprus Emergency
Location	Yialousa, Cyprus
Commanders and leaders
	Loizos Hadjiloizou
Strength
25 soldiers plus police	12 guerillas
Casualties and losses
	1 English lieutenant killed

The Battle of Yialousa was an engagement in the Cyprus Emergency where EOKA guerillas attacked the police station at Yialousa, resulting in a 15-minute battle.^[1]

References

↑ "Chapter 4 Harding strives to suppress the EOKA movement and give a political solution to the Cyprus problem but without success – Archbishop Makarios is exiled to the Seychelles (3 October 1955 – 9 March 1956)", A history of the liberation struggle of EOKA (1955–1959) Archived 8 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine. accessed 7 November 2013

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[1] "Chapter 4 Harding strives to suppress the EOKA movement and give a political solution to the Cyprus problem but without success – Archbishop Makarios is exiled to the Seychelles (3 October 1955 – 9 March 1956)", A history of the liberation struggle of EOKA (1955–1959) Archived 8 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine. accessed 7 November 2013