Battle of the Pine
| Battle of the Pine | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Cyprus Emergency | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United Kingdom | EOKA | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| George Grivas | |||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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2 dead 2 wounded | nil | ||||||
The Battle of the Pine was a military engagement during the Cyprus Emergency. A team of EOKA guerillas ambushed a British patrol of two armoured vehicles on the road from Kyperounda to Chandria.[1]
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. : 1930 - 1956). Rockhampton, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 1 December 1955. p. 12. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ↑ "State Of Emergency Declared In Cyprus.". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). ACT: National Library of Australia. 28 November 1955. p. 1. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
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