Talk:Battle of Spilia

Casualties?
The entire "Battle of Spilia" seems to be an almost complete fiction. I have checked the Commonwealth War Graves Commission site, which records ALL British and Commonwealth dead since 1914, and it has no trace of over 120 dead on this day or on any other day in Cyprus ever.

This site should be taken down entirely until somebody can come up with some actual evidence, such as the names of at least some of the claimed dead and their units.

Its continued existence protected by a lock on any editing, is an indictment of Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7F:2CC6:C900:8CBF:ECBB:EC71:C1AC (talk) 21:59, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

Ehh, this article makes some very suspect claims.

A) 700 British troops were sent after a force of 12 - Seems weird but not entirely impossible. B) They took 250 casualties in action, including 127 dead. - Clearly untrue,

a) It was actually 2 people but besides that it was the 2 most important people in the organisation and given that by the end of Gregory Afxentious life the brits had to burn him and a mountain, its not just "not entirely impossible", its very highly probable. b) "Clearly untrue" is not an argument that's just a deflection from reality. In total, at least 417 brits were killed, its not exactly a maths equation to think that 127 probably perished in friendly fire whilst there is fog. Maybe Grivs and Afxentiou killed a few as well without them even realising but the point still stands of 127 dead. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cypriot Patriot (talk • contribs) 17:11, 30 September 2020 (UTC) 2.29.51.19 (talk) 23:52, 13 August 2017 (UTC)