AMBUSH BATTLE
Police Patrol Fired On
BELFAST, September 5. Several men ambushed a police patrol at a crossroads at Strabane in Northern Ireland, and shot dead a policeman and wounded two special constables, one of whom subsequently died. A later message says that the battle lasted 15 minutes, and hundreds of rounds were fired. A wounded constable continued firing as be lay in the road. The gunmen are believed to b.j headed for the Eire border. A big police search is proceeding, bur uo arrests have been made. ■ ' Parish priesfs in many parish churches warned young men against participation in the I.R.A. campaign against the police.
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Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 292, 8 September 1942, Page 5
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106AMBUSH BATTLE Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 292, 8 September 1942, Page 5
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