Battle of the Pine
The Battle of the Pine was a military engagement during the Cyprus Emergency. A team of EOKA guerrillas ambushed a British patrol of two armoured vehicles on the road from Kyperounda to Chandria.[1]
Battle of the Pine | |||||||
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Part of Cyprus Emergency | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
George Grivas | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
2 armoured vehicles | |||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2 dead 2 wounded | nil (1 killed the next day) |
One day later British troops shot dead a Cypriot in the same area.[2]
The violence around this time helped lead to the declaration of a State of Emergency on the island.[3]
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 January 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine accessed 7 November 2013
- "Shots Fired In Cyprus". The Central Queensland Herald. Rockhampton, Qld. 1 December 1955. p. 12. Retrieved 6 August 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
- "State Of Emergency Declared In Cyprus". The Canberra Times. 28 November 1955. p. 1. Retrieved 11 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
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