Battle of the Pine

Battle of the Pine
Part of Cyprus Emergency
Date 23 November 1955 Location Cyprus Result EOKA success
Belligerents
United Kingdom	EOKA
Commanders and leaders
	George Grivas
Casualties and losses
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

1. "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
2. "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.
3. "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.