IRISH AFFAIRS

Grey River Argus, 18 July 1922, Page 5

IRISH AFFAIRS

OBJECTS OF THE FIGHT. AS SEEN BY' THE GOVERNMENT. LONDON, July 16. I Ihe Free St:, to Government, iu a spirited message to General Michael | Collins and his army says: The fight is 4’or the revival of the nation, for the free expression and effective execution of the people’s will, for internal peace, and order, and the establishment of all i signs by which the nation is to be held ■ worthy of consideration amongst the states of the world. FIGHT NEAR DERRY. EREE STATERS SHELL REPUBLI(Receivcd July 17, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, July 16. A large force of Free Staters have taken up strategic positions dominating Inch Island, near Londonderry, where 200 Republicans are quartered, their chief stronghold being Inch Fort. The Free Staters shelled the fort with an eighteen-pounder gun. When darkness fell they bad penetrated a considerable distance into the island. They captured Lord Templeton’s house, which the rebels had fortified, and they prisonered its garrison. Heavy explosions were heard on Sunday morning, being apparently due to the rebels destroying their stores in anticipation of an early surrender. 250 REPUBLICANS CAPTURED. (Rec. July 17, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, July 16. A force of Free Staters on Sunday captured the military barracks at Dun dalk by means of an early morning surprise attack. They found the garrison were in bed. They prisonered 250 men, without a shot being fired, though two rebels were shot and one died in an attempt to escape. STERN FIGHT AT LIMERICK. LONDON, July 16. Sunday’s reports show that Limerick City is still a centre of fighting. The newspapers there have ceased to publish, and noncombatants have left the danger zone or are confined to their houses. The casualties in Limerick thus far only number twenty. These include Mary Mitchell, a nun belonging to the Sisters of Mercy. The Irregulars exercise a severe censorship of news. There has been general pillaging in shops, and a seizure of motor cars. The inhabitants are anxiously awaiting the Free Staters. FREE STATE WAR LOAN. (Rec. July 17, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, July 16. It is rumoured the Irish Government are floating a war loan. The civil war continues in several centres. Sunday’s messages indicate the Government forces are getting tnc upper hand.