COMMANDANT BARRY'S RUSE
LONDON, Ist July. Commandant Barry's attempt to dodge' through t the attackers' line in the guise of a nurse was assisted' by the woman with him, who ran into the thick of the troops,1 and made a frantic appeal to the Free Staters to allow her companion to enler. " For God's sake, allow her to go in," cried the woman. Meanwhile the tall, angular figure in the uniform of a Red Cross nurse awaited permission to risk her life yon a humane .mission. The ruse nearly succeeded, but an officer became suspicious, and arrested the supposed woman, who confessed that "she" really was Commandant Barry. About 130 surrendered, mostly youths, and some only boys,, but their" haggard faces spoke clearly of the ordeal they had passed through. They were eurrounded by Free State troops und marched to the Mountjoy Prison. \Tho insurgents' ammunition was practically exhausted, and the: garrison bnd been half-starved and sleeplose for two days.
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 2, 3 July 1922, Page 7
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