MORE TROOPS FOR IRELAND.
FURTHER OUTRAGES REPORTED
LONDON, June 22. In the House of Commons, Sir L. Worthington Evans, Secretary of State for War, stated that the Government was sending all available troops to support the forces operating m Ireland.
Unity of the Irish command would mean the extension of martia} law, which was being considered. "**' The yillage of Knockeroghery, near Roscommon, was almost completely destroyed early this morning. A large party of armed and disguised men, without warning the inhabitants, set fire to the houses, only three out of fifty buildings being saved. The people rii shed from the burning houses m terror amidst a constant fusillade of revolver shots, and escaped through the fields. The Earl of Bandon's residence at Castle (Bernard, County Cork, was burned by armed men. Lord Bandon was kidnapped. His present whereabouts are unknown. Lady Bandon aud the servants were removed from
the house and locked m an outbuilding.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19210623.2.33.4
Bibliographic details
Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLI, Issue 9543, 23 June 1921, Page 5
Word Count
155MORE TROOPS FOR IRELAND. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLI, Issue 9543, 23 June 1921, Page 5
Using This Item
Ashburton Guardian Ltd is the copyright owner for the Ashburton Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Ashburton Guardian Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in