ACUTE TENSION IN LIMERICK
CITY OCCUPIED BY THREE
FORCES.
(Received March. 8, 9.30 a.m.)
LONDON, 7th' March. Limerick is now occupied by three forces,' the British troops who have not been evacuated, Free State troops, and Republican troops. The British troops are confined to barrack^, the Free State men occupy barracks in police stations, while the armed Republican invaders are patrolling the streets and have occupied the technical schools. The town is now quiet, but the tension is acute.
Ten companies of the Free State army have left Dublin,j»nd it is believed they are going, to Limerick.
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Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 56, 8 March 1922, Page 7
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