Battle of Liopetri
The Battle of Liopetri took place on 1–2 September 1958 as part of the Cyprus Emergency. British security forces attacked an EOKA team and killed its four members after a five-hour battle.
Liopetri Incident | |||||||
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Part of Cyprus Emergency | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
![]() Royal Ulster Rifles | EOKA | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Elizabeth II Anthony Eden | Georgios Grivas Andreas Karyos † Fotis Pittas † | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
4 | |||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1 killed, several injured | 4 killed (all) |
The four gunmen opened fire on elements of the 1st Battalion The Royal Ulster Rifles. The British then sealed off the village, imposed a curfew and begin looking for the men. They were located in a barn and a battle ensued in which all four EOKA gunmen were killed.
Cpl Shaughnessey was awarded a Military Medal for his actions. The barn at Liopetri is now a Greek Cypriot national monument, the Akhyronas Barn Museum, and includes a bronze statue of the four EOKA men who died.[1][2]
The battle resulted in Colonel Georgios Grivas calling an end to a truce that had been in effect since August.[3]
References
- Battle description at Royal Irish
- Tourism page for Liopetri
- "EOKA Calls Off Cyprus Truce". The Canberra Times. 9 September 1958. p. 2. Retrieved 8 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
- Battle description at Royal Irish