Labis incident
| Labis incident | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Malayan Emergency | |||||
| |||||
| Belligerents | |||||
 United KingdomGurkhas | Malayan Communist Party | ||||
| Strength | |||||
| approx 40 | |||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
| 1 killed |
22 killed 5 wounded | ||||
| Background | |
|---|---|
| Battles | 1948
1950 1951 1954 1956 |
| Foreign involvement | |
The Labis Incident took place during the Malayan Emergency in January 1950.
Gurkha troops surprised communist guerillas five miles north of the Johore town of Labis. In the ensuring battle, 22 guerillas were killed and five wounded. It was described as "the first major success by the security forces in operation against the terrorists since the emergency was declared 20 months ago."[1]
References
- ^ "GUERILLAS LOSE 22 IN JUNGLE BATTLE". The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954). Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 23 January 1950. p. 1. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
