IRISH CONFLICT

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 144, 14 March 1921, Page 5

IRISH CONFLICT

. PARTY OF SOLDIERS AMBUSHED

FIERCE FIGHT TAKES PLACE

By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright. (Rec. March 13, 5.5 p.m.) London, March 12. A lorry containing thirty men of the Bedfordshire Regiment was ambushed by an entrenched party between Carrick on the Shannon, and Ballinamore, bombs and rifles being used. There was fierce fighting for a considerable time, and in the end the ambusTiers bolted. They left seven dead in the trench, all wearing the I.R.A. uniform, also a number of rifles. There were no military casualties. Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.

A FIGHT NEAR CALLAN. (Rec. March 13, 11.20 p.m.) London, March 12.

While police and military forces were surrounding a house near Callan, thirty armed men rushed out. Constable Reilly was killed, and Captain Baynham was wounded.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. OUTRAGeTn BELFAST THREE CONSTABLES SHOT AT. (Rec. March 13, 5.5 p.m.) London, March 12. Contables. M'lntosh, Crooks, and Cooper were standing outside a Belfast music hall to-night talking to three girls, when five men fired revolvers at them. Crooks was killed and M'lntosh and Cooper were seriously wounded. A civilian standing nearby was also wounded. The assailants escaped in the confusion. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. FRESH NEGOTIATIONS FOR TRUCE (Rec. March 13, 11.20 p.m.) London, March 12. The “Sunday Express” states that negotiations for a truce in Ireland have been reopened between the Government and Sinn Fein, the former abandoning its demand for surrender of arms—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. POLICE RESIGNATIONS AND DISMISSALS (Rec. March 13, 5.5 p.m.) London, March 12. In tho House of Commons, Sir Hamar Greenwood (Chief Secretary for Ireland), replying to a question, said that there wore 2193 resignations and 226 dismissals frtm the Royal Irish Constabulary during tlie preceding twelve months. There were 131 resignations and 33 dismissals from the Auxiliary Police—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.