🕢 07:30 ~ Departed: Kokkino Chorio 🕗 08:00 ~ Passed Through: Gavalochori ☕ 09:15 ~ Coffee Armeni 50% Off-Road. 🎯 Objective: to ride to the bridge at Stylos, the site of a fierce rear-guard action during the Battle of Crete. 📜 Historical Background: The Battle of Stylos. On 26–27 May 1941, as Allied forces retreated from Chania toward the southern evacuation point at Sfakia, a crucial rear-guard action was fought around Stylos. Elements of the Australian 2/7th and 2/8th Battalions, along with New Zealand forces, held off the advancing German 85th Mountain Regiment. The aim was simple, delay the Germans and buy time for the main Allied body to escape through Vyrsses and across Askifou. Despite being heavily outgunned, the Anzacs delayed the Germans for over 24 hours, fighting from olive groves, dry riverbeds, and the narrow lanes around Stylos. They eventually withdrew under cover of darkness toward Agii Pantes sustaining casualties but achieving their mission. This engagement played a vital role in enabling the successful evacuation of thousands of Allied troops from Crete.