Word: mansoura
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Dates: during 1964-1964
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...poised to attack the little ten-mile-long Turkish strip of coastal villages around Man-soura (TIME, July 24). The news from Nicosia may have had nothing to do with it, but within hours the Greek Cypriots were hammering away with bazookas, mortars and machine guns. One after another, Mansoura, Alevga and Ayios Theodores fell to Makarios' men. Desperately, the Turkish Cypriots fell back to nearby Kokkina...
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