A SINN FEIN AMBUSH
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REBELS' MOUNTAIN FORTIFICATION. (KOTTGO I-REOS AJSOCIATIOK.—COfTRIonT.) (ADSTBAUAN - NEW MAL.UiD CABLB AOSOCIATI*N.) (Received February 26, 11 a.m.) LONDON, 25th February. Seventy men of the Crown forces, who were travelling in lorries with the- object of conducting a round-up, were ambushed by four hundred Sinn Feiners, entrenchgjjj in the hills near Macaroom. In the first onslaught one auxiliary was killed and six wounded. A fierce" pitched battle ensued, and Major Grant, who was in command, was killed. The Crown forces were hopelessly outnumbered, and' withdrew, leaving about ten ' wounded, who, are now presumed to be dead. Whon the auxiliaries were Hearing their base at Macroom the rebels returned to the mountains of Mawoom, which are fortified with machine-guns trained on the roads leading to the town. The police and military, aided by aeroplanes, are. scouring the district. The Sinn Fein casualties are believed to be heavy.
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Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 49, 26 February 1921, Page 5
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154A SINN FEIN AMBUSH Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 49, 26 February 1921, Page 5
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