IRISH WARFARE.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 August 1922, Page 5

IRISH WARFARE.

CAPTURE OF CORK. SUCCESS BY NATIONALISTS. REBELS IN RETREAT. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. . Received Aug. 13, 5.5 p.m. London, August 12. The Free State troops have captured Cork. Some of the chief buildings are burning. An official statement says the residents of Cork gave the Nationalist troops a tremendous reception. The retreating irregulars burned six barracks. Six irregulars were killed and 20 wounded. Irregulars overpowered a guard at the Dublin Post Office and poured petrol about the telegraph instruments room and set fire to it. The fire brigade extinguished the flames after the irregulars’ departure. The damage is inconsiderable. A later official message states the Nationalists took 50 prisoners at Cork. Seven Nationalists were killed and many wounded. The Free Staters have captured Clonmel, after the inhabitants had a month’s terrifying experience under the Republicans, who fled to the Waterford hills when the Free Staters advanced from the north. Three bridges were damaged before the rebels left the town. The Admiralty has received a wireless message from Queenstown, reporting that rebels, after the steamer Gorilla had completed unloading, ordered her removal from the wharf and sank her in the fairway of Lough Mahon. Nevertheless, the fairway is not completely blocked. A DASTARDLY CRIME. MURDER OF A YOUTH. Received Aug. 13, 5.5 p.m. London, Aug. 12. It is reported that rebels shot a lad of 17 at Clonmel in a most callous manner. They had previously raided the house of the lad’s father and shot his sisters. As the lad knew of the murder, the rebels arrested and tortured him until he went mad. They even made him dig his own grave. Then they placed the unfortunate boy in a sack and riddled him with bullets. CORK BUILDINGS BURNING, NATIONALISTS CONSOLIDATING, London, August 10. The actual position in Cork is obscure. The Irregulars do not appear to have evacuated the city hitherto, though many buildings, including the military and police barracks, are burning. The Nationalists are consolidating their positions preparatory to completely investing the city and news of the fall is hourly expected.—Reuter.