STREET FIGHTING
SITUATION' GROWING iWORSE.Y ■'' -.-. ... :. LTJNDON; :3Obh June.,.;;/ . . Telegraphing cm Thursday., evening, the Daily;.Chronicle?s Dublin.coirespoiKl«nd state's:: "The "situation, is growing: •worse. Large bodies ,oor \Repubfficaß youths-.have ■ been mobilised,1 and have seized points of vantage, from.,which' to carry; "on ..indiscriminate sniping. The ,Free'Statei tjoops are making: little im;pueaaion>.. One feels, that tihey. are losing prestige, and' report Bays ; their... ardour iswaning also. News from the.country at large indicates Testivenesa. Women are"" singularly absent 'from. the .streets,. though young hussies or d'airedtevilir; are. . prominelnt. Many are aAtingae'despatch; iidet» v for thY Republicans, theiraex giving, tliem immunity. ":''': ... ■
' .-LONDON, 29tJi; : Jiine. : !Ai. sensation, .of to-day's fighjiing..was. an. attack by xebeTfi on the .'■ Bank. of Irelandl.. Free Stato troopa replied, but were obliged to retreat into the bank. Rebels planted! landi. mines in thel: leading -thoroughfares, and seized:the Sackvifle Club, , Street fighting.is' becoming mars frequent. Tha'ee' civilians were, lolled to-d!ay. Irregulars occupiedl ttid Herald; offices.for a time during a street 'fight; The General Post Office ;s among the "buildings-closed. '. . '
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 1, 1 July 1922, Page 7
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164STREET FIGHTING Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 1, 1 July 1922, Page 7
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