Battle of Yialousa
| Battle of Yialoussa | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Cyprus Emergency | |||
| |||
| 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