IN THE COUNTRY

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 4, 5 July 1922, Page 5

IN THE COUNTRY

ALL IMPORTANT CENTRES CONTROLLED IRREGULARS RESORT TO CONSCRIPTION. (Received1 July 5, 10 km.) LONDON, 4th. July. An official statement declares that all important centres are now in the Nationalists' hands, including Athlone, , Mullingaiy Longford, and Trim. • The Irregulars have been driven out of Nenagh Barracks, and have abandoned Hoscrea,, .where eight were captured. The Irregulars in the Clonmel area have resoi'ted1 to conscription. „ The Nationalists control Midi-Tipperairy, where BuT.no, a rebel leader, was captured with, a, quantity of arms. The Nationalists also dominate Kilkenny County. The Nationalist troops are patrolling Wicklow, and have occupied the Town Hall, ■which the. Irregulars hurriedly evacuated, leaving a quantity of explosives and munitions. Nine men were captured. . . LONDON, 3rd July. There has been heavy fighting between Free State troops and rebels in East -Donegal. The rebel garrison at Castlefinn surrendered. Constant fighting is in progress in Drogheda, both sides occupying strong positions: Several hundred Irregulars in South Tipperary have ' concentrated in large military barracks at Clonmel, which they have fortified. They have also minedl the approaches. They possess large quantities of food, and every motor-car in the district, as well as 100,000 gallon* of petrol, has been commandeered. The main line railway between : Cork and Dublin has been cut in several places.