BELFAST'S ANARCHY.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 95, 22 April 1922, Page 7

BELFAST'S ANARCHY.

MORE STREET FIGHTING. f '-'•' WIDE AREA ISOLATES. "•I- A BATTLE IN DUBLIN. "- ig} Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) ,' ... ißeceived 10.:J0 a.ru.i

LONDON, April 21. a -Shooting was continued in the streets "C of Belfast to-day. one man being shot pp dead awl a sergeant of police wounded. Yesterday's casualties included four | killed and twelve wounded. A pitched '■ battle raged over sixty streets, which , ; became a no-man's land. The whole Area was isolated, and it became impossible to enter or leave it. Gunmen - occupied vantage points on the roofs of .'houses, the railway embankment," and '.'.'' above shop verandahs. .'!.,• The rattle of Le.wis guns mingled with ... the sharp crack of the snipers' rifle?. Many of the snipers lay prone on-the - trani tracks and fired hundreds of ;,. rounds before the armoured car* of the ...';'troops- came up and cleared the roiul- ;'-..: jvayg.... ;&. A determined attack was made on the • barracks. Dublin, last night. fij! A fierce fusillage of machine-guns and i.ritle tire lasting for an hour was directed ;'' on the buildings from all sides, residents over a wide area being alarmed by tcr- •-' rifle bursts of firing accompanied by v. bomb explosions. The attackers utilised i,...houses iii the vicinity and attempted to rush the front gate, through which they ■J:- hurled grenades. The guard replied. (3 throwing a grenade on the attackers, .i.wlio were eventually driven off. Several were wounded on both sides. During the nisrlit a heavy bomb was thrown in the-Ballyraaearrett district, the only effect being that it injured' a passing woman. ..In Dublin rival gunmen came boldly ~_: into the open and fired on each other "until their ammunition was exhausted. Traffic was held up and tram services ■-were diverted over a wide area. Several persons were, killed and ■"'-wounded in Shortstrand district—(A. • and N.Z. Calbe.)