Battle of Yialousa

Battle of Yialoussa

Location	Yialousa, Cyprus

Commanders and leaders

Loizos Hadjiloizou

Strength

25 soldiers plus police

12 guerillas

Casualties and losses

1 English lieutenant killed

Cyprus Emergency

1 April Attacks (April 1955) Nicosia Cinema Bombing (May 1955) Police Station Attacks (June 1955) Kyrenia Castle Escape (Sept 1955) Battle of Famagusta (Nov 1955) Battle of the Pine (Nov 1955) Battle of Spilia (Dec 1955) Battle of Yialousa Battle at Nicosia Hospital (Aug 1956) Operation Lucky Alphonse (June 1956) Lepka Raid (April 1957) Battle of Lioepetri (Sept 1958)

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) accessed 7 November 2013

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