IRELAND.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16852, 4 June 1920, Page 7

IRELAND.

RAIDS AND OUTRAGES.

(By Cable—Pre£3 Association —Copyright.) (Australian and 2f.Z. Cab'© .association.) LONDON, June 1.

A sensational affair occurred at the King's Inn, Henrietta street, Dublin.

About 50 Sinn Feiners surprised 25 soldiers guarding the Inn, and deprived them of their arms, ammunition, and two machine-guns.

• The sentry was surprised to get the word of command, "Hands up!" He promptly obeyed, and was deprived of his rifle.

The Sinn Feiners then darted to the fuardroom and overpowered the soliers, covering the 24 with revolvers. Th:.' party then escaped in motor-cars, toiling the soldiers to remain where they were for at least 10 minutes, or they would be shot. The raiders were loudly cheered, as they left, by a crowd which had assembled outside the Inn. Polico_ and soldiers are now scouring Ihiblin in search of the raiders.

. LONDON, June 2. Raiders attacked the Queenstown naval station, igniting and destroying a portion of the buildings. Other raiders destroyed fivo coaststations on the south coast. The defence of these stations is difficult, owing to their isolated positions.. _It is believed in some quarters that the attacks on thorn are connected with Sinn Fein plans to land war material. A party of Sinn Feiners raided a largo garage at Cork, and seized a. number of motor-cars. Blindfolding the garage mechanics, they kept them"in a field throughout the nicht while Sinn Seiners attacked the police barracks at Jj.arney. The pohco resisted for two hours, until a flying column of soldiers arrived, and put the Sinn Feiners to j flight.

(Received Juno 3rd. 11.35 p.m.) . LONDON, June 3. A series of determined attacks on police barracks was made in Ireland y-terdoy. Two hundred .Men attackC .-n' barracks . in King's County, with rifles and bombs for two hours, shattering tho walls. The police refused several demands for surrender, and eventually repulsed the raiders, who, in addition to placing: the usual impediments on the roads and cutting the telephone wires, tors up the railway line in a number of places. Raiders at Fenit. a few miles from TraJee, in County Kerry, penetrated two houses adjoininrr the police barracks, scattered petrol and ignited the build<ngs. Tliev then opened fire, lasting for two hours. Bluejackets on board a destroyer in Trnlee I3ay, seeing? t.i-e flames, land:x3 and roscued the ponce. Two of the defenders were, wounded. ]

Many incendiary bombs were used in an attack on the Fivc-Mile-Bourne barracks in County Leitrim. Some wero hurled through a hole i"n the roof. It is believed that several raiders were wounded.

Jhrec hundred men attacked Crossbar barracks in County Down. They entered the adjoining houses and attempted to make a breach in the barracks' walls with dynamite, but failed. Meanwhile some attackers began rjfl c firn from a house opposite. This lasted for 1 two hours. At an early stage n bullet penetrated a police sergeant's lung, .and a constablo was also wounded. The attack ceased at daybreak. Tho battleship; Valiant and War spite have arrived at Devonport from Lough Foyle, and are embarking T2OO marines for Quoenstown, and also a battalion of the Devonshire Regiment.