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IRISH WARFARE.

REBELS ACTIVE AGAIN. FIGHTING IN SLIGO. A REIGN OF TERROR, Tfeltegraph.—Press Assn.—CUpyniipLt. Received July 16, 5.5 pm. London, July 15. Sligo is experiencing a reign of terror and bloodshed. There has been continuous fighting for ten days. The Nationals, under McKeon, captured Colloney after a fierce struggle. De Valera has reached Cork, which is now the biggest rebel stronghold. The rebels are holding the Victoria military barracks and dominate the city. Commandeering is wholesale. A party of Nationals returning from Sligo was ambushed and seven were killed.

PEOPLE STARVING. FOOD SUPPLY CUT OFF. FIGHTING IN LIMERICK. Received July 16, 5.5 pm. London, July 15. Owing to the wholesale destruction of means of communication business is stagnant in many parts of Ireland. In some places people are on the verge of starvation, being unable to obtain food supplies. In Limerick the conditions are most serious. Irregulars and Nationals are entrenched in different parts of the town and have been fighting for four days without decisive results. The Nationals hold all the strategic points round Limerick. The situation in the country resembles the end of the Boer War. Guerilla tactics have been adopted by the rebels, who ambush Nationals and disperse when the defence becomes too strong.— Aus.-N.Z- Cable Assn. DAMAGE IN DUBLIN. HEAVY CLAIMS MADE. Received July 16, 5.5 pm. London, July 15. Two thousand have enlisted ’n the First Dublin Brigade, including many ex-aoldiere, first aid workers and doctors. Claims lodged with the town clerk of Dublin on account of the destruction of property during the recent fighting amount already to £1,500,000. Three irregulars have been arrested in ’ ‘ connection with the death of Captain Browne, a Free State officer, was - shot in the abdomen while irregulars in Kildervy. They wiR be arraigned on the capital charge. When a British fishing vessel had to seek shelter at Dunmore Irish rebels boarded the ship and seized a portion of her fish at the point of the revolver. WANTON DESTRUCTION. I SERIOUS LOSSES CAUSED. London, July 14. A Dublin official communique states that the National Army’s operations in the South and West have been materially hampered by the wanton destruction and seizure of private property by the Irregulars. In many instances the civilian population had suffered serious losses and endured great hardships and privations. The National troops found Wexford in actual want. According to the latest reports from Limerick, shops and ships in harbor have been looted, and there is serious starvation in other parts. The destruction of bridges and railways and the blockade of highways has seriously hampered the transport of foodstuffs. Wherever the Irregulars are concentrated in strength there is a fury of wholesale destruction following the advance of the National forces. The Irregulars have vacated the hotels seized in Waterford, and are retiring in large numbers to the country districts. The Irregulars original idea was to hold a line from New Ross (Wexford County) to Limerick. These ambitious plans are crumpling with the loss of their hold on Wexford County. Their present positions at Waterford. Carrick-on-Soir, Clonmel and Tipperary are wholly defensive, and. in the event of an advance by the Nationals, they will probably retreat to the Comeragh mountains (in Waterford County).

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Taranaki Daily News, 17 July 1922, Page 5

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IRISH WARFARE. Taranaki Daily News, 17 July 1922, Page 5

IRISH WARFARE. Taranaki Daily News, 17 July 1922, Page 5

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