battle, Cold War

Battle of Spilia

Name: Battle of Spilia
Location: Cyprus

Battle of Spilia was a battle fought in 1955 at Cyprus. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Cyprus. It was part of Q16146587. The recorded result: EOKA victory. Recorded strength: 12 EOKA against 700.

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Fought1955

WhereCyprus35.000N, 33.000E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeEOKA victory

BelligerentsEOKAagainstBritish Empire; British Armed Forces; Royal Marines; Parachute Regiment; Gordon Highlanders

Casualties and lossesNoneand2-50 woundedCasualties?

Part ofQ16146587

Where it sits in Q16146587

5 placed engagements of Q16146587 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1955 (year precision)
Place	Cyprus 35.000N, 33.000E
Kind	Battle, Cold War
Strength	12 EOKA	700
Casualties and losses	None	2-50 woundedCasualties?
Commanders	Georgios Grivas Grigoris Afxentiou	Norman Tailyour

Placed at Cyprus; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Agios Dometios 1974, 36 km NE
Battle of Omorphita 1963, 40 km NE
Battle of Tylliria 1964, 41 km NW
Battle of Pentemili beachhead 1974, 44 km NE
Siege of Kition 450 BC, 58 km E

In the same war

Before: Battle of the Pine 1955
After: Battle at Nicosia Hospital 1956

Elsewhere in 1955

Battle of Yijiangshan Islands People's Republic of China
Battle of Saigon Vietnam
Battle of Philippeville Algeria
Battle of Dachen Archipelago People's Republic of China
First Battle of El Djorf Algeria

Battle of Spilia is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 23 in present-day Cyprus.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4872421, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Spilia, revision 1370589787, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.