"ACTS OF MAD FEROCITY"
(Received 28th. August, 2:45. p.m.) > •-:. ' LONDON, 27th. August. The rebels are keenly, pursuing a policy, of ambushing the Free State forces over a large" area. '\A \party of Free State supporters was surprised at Glenflesk, Kerry, but defeated the Tebels, who .suffered a losV of twenty killed .and eight wounded. In an, ainb^ush at Glaseon, Athlone, Commandant M'Cormick, of the Brigade Staff, was shot dead while bandaging a wounded comrade) An act ,6f ,mad ferocityl is reported' near Dublin. "While a large number, of .women and children were promenading, a earful of armed men drove up, and,, in the midst of the crowd, pulled out two struggling and screaming men. They told them to pray for a few mimitee, and after that stood them up by the gate. The victims screamed: "What's thiai for?" and the horrified women ■ screamed.:. ."Show. mercy!" '..The- rebels, fired five shots;• a$ <each'>nlan," and departed. * Later ,1 a third man, riddled with bullets, was found nearby.
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 50, 28 August 1922, Page 8
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165"ACTS OF MAD FEROCITY" Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 50, 28 August 1922, Page 8
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