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Battle of the Pine
Part of Cyprus Emergency
Date23 November 1955
LocationCyprus
Result EOKA success
Belligerents
Flag of the United Kingdom 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]

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