Excerpt from Organization and choice of means:
“My most difficult task was the men’s tactical training which had to take place under the noses of the British. I started by theoretical instruction, followed by skirmishes with the police, and completed their training by engagements with British forces. This these units were taught how to fight by actual combat. I did my best to bring off our first clashes successfully in order to raise the men’s morale. To achieve this I did not hesitate to place myself at the head of the strongest guerrilla unit and take part in the fighting so as to set an example and show the men how to operate. After that, for about a year, I went round nearly all the units in succession and stayed with them some time. In time these units acquired a lot of experience so that, although small in number, they managed to keep on the move and occupy the attention of the greater part of the British forces in Cyprus, without the latter ever succeeding in inflicting a decisive blow; whereas our people caused the enemy substantial casualties.”
General Grivas on Guerrilla Warfare
