IRISH DISORDERS.
WARFARE IN BELFAST. BATTLE IN THE STREETS.. PEOPLE TERRIr ir-O. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received March 10, 12.10 a.m. London, March 8. There were extraordinary scenes on Wednesday evening in Belfast, when the police and snipers fought a battle in a network of streets about Royal Avenue. The noise of machine-guns, rifles and revolvers was terrific, and people in the neighborhood were terrified. The snipers began firing down the streets into Royal Avenue, but the police engaged them in armored cars and speedily cleared the streets, though traffic was impossible, as the snipers were still hidden in houses and on the roofs.
A British officer, a sergeant and eight men, who were guarding stores at Waterford station, were attacked by a large party of armed men, who overpowered them and forced them to surrender their rifles and equipment. De Valera presided over a meeting of Ulster branches of Sinn Fein, which decided to ask the Dail Eireann to reimpose the trade boycott owing to the outrages in Belfast.
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Taranaki Daily News, 10 March 1922, Page 5
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169IRISH DISORDERS. Taranaki Daily News, 10 March 1922, Page 5
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