IRISH WARFARE.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 July 1922, Page 5

IRISH WARFARE.

CONFLICTS WITH REBELS. HCHTING IN COUNTIES. ARMED BAS'D ITS ACTIVE, By Telefriph.—Press Awi-Copyright. Received July 12, 8.15 p.m, London, July 12. Bandits held up the Dublin-Belfast mail train at Mount Pleasant, near the frontier, and stole bags of registered letter*. The Morning Post’.' Belfast correspondent reports that rail and road traffic conditions in this section are becoming worse every day. Armed men operate with impunity in the vicinity of Dundalk. looting wholesale. The victims include an aged lady nurse, who was robbed of all she had and was left on the roadside destitute. Loyalists are the principal sufferers, but the bandits do not respect creeds or parties. Provincial reports show there are fluctuating fortunes on both sides, though the Free Staters generally succeed when in conflict. A party of Free Staters in a lorry in O’Connell Street, Dublin, were ambushed by civilians armed with revolvers and bombs. The latter fled when attacked and no casualties are recorded. It is believed the rebefe intend to make a determined stand in Cork and Limerick, whose communications with Dublin have been cut. Official reports are guarded, but others report many affrays, more or lees serious. Free Staters proceeding from Dumroe to Letterkenny were ambushed. One was killed, two were wounded and one is missing. The rebels are conscripting labor in Donegal and are using violence where necessary. Twelve women were seized and removed from Glenveagh Castle. Women and girls are fleeing from the countryside to safer localities. Later reports state that a second Free Stater died in hospital from wounds received in the Letterkenny affray. Free Staters have re-captured Wexford, the rebels bolting. DE VALERA A REBEL'S FUNERAL. London, July 11. The Dublin correspondent of the Standard says that de Valera’s whereabouts remain a mystery. The general impression is that the Government is hunting for him, but this is not so. The Government does not much care about de Valera. It now believes that he counts for little and that it would he folly to make him a martyr. There was a great public demonstration in Dublin at the funeral of Brugha, which was conducted with military honors. Thousands lined the streets, and the procession took three hours from church to cemetery, passing Sackville Street, where Brugha was wounded. Republican members of Dail were present, and the Republicans fired volleys over the grave. No disorders occurred. DUBLIN CASUALTIES, London. July 11. The Irish Army headquarters official casualty list for the Dublin fighting gives 19 soldiers killed. 11l wounded, 75 civilians killed. 281 wounded. Barton, with a dozen other prisoners, escaped from Portobello barracks. The authorities state that their escape was wasted labor, as it was intended to release them this week as being of no military importance.