THE DERAILED TRAIN
REBELS TAKEN AT DISADVANTAGE.
LONDON, 16th January
Five of those who attacked the troop train at West Donegal were killed and a number were wounded. Several explosions were arranged, but the train was not derailed where the rebels were entrenched on overlooking ground,'and the driver continued until the_troops reached a spot above- the assailants. The latter were then compelled to quit their trenches and fight at a disadvantage. [An earlier message stated: Sinn Feiners derailed a train in a wild stretch of country in West Donegal by placing large boulders on the line. When the train left the rails a hundred Sinn Feiners lying in ambush fired into it. Woodwork was riddled, and the windows broken. Fifty troops replied vigorously, and the Sinn Feiners fled. The troop 3 had no casualties.]
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Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 14, 17 January 1921, Page 7
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134THE DERAILED TRAIN Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 14, 17 January 1921, Page 7
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