FATEFUL EVENTS
DEATH-KNELL OF REBELLION. (Received-I2th April, 9 a.m.i LONDON, 10th April. Whan the Free State troops swooned down towards the house, the rebels fled before the trVjops' arrived. Liam Lynch and a few followers quickly organised an ambush in order to cover the rstreat of de Valera and the other leaders. After frantic firing. Lynch's party dashed from cover, firing as they want. It was in the course of this running fight across the fields that Lynch wa« badly wounded in the stomach and captured. The arrest of de Valera, is only a matter of time. He is hemmed in oa all sides. "BEST TO QUIT," SATS DE VALERA. Hi h generally believed in Dublin that to-day's events mark the death knell of the rebellion. De Valera, in a letter capture4 by the Free State, says: "No matter what the consequences, the truce offer must be rejected. It would simply amount to letting the Free State function. It we are ever driven to that stage, it would be best simply to quit."
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 87, 12 April 1923, Page 7
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