Irish Rebels

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 240, 23 September 1922, Page 5

Irish Rebels

STILL GOINC STRONG. FIGHTING RESUMED IN ULSTER. WARFARE CONTINUED IN THE SOUTH. Ry Cable. —Press Association.—Copyright.] (Received 23, 8.5 a.m.) London, Sept. 21. The latest reports from Ireland matcate a recrudescence of fighting in Ulster, in addition to continued warfare in the South. Two Ulster constables were ambushed near Markethill, and one was wounded. A patrol from Clogher, Tyrone, was ambushed on the road to Monaghan. They returned the fire and the ambushers flod. abandoning ammunition and field dressings, but blocking the road with *rees Shots were Hred at a sentry in the neutral zone, on the Fermanagh border. There is no sign of the end of the Irish postal strike. Staffs are gradually increasing, hut commercial people are organising their own letter de liveries. The principal nows from the Soutn is of attacks in Macroom and Newport. Irregulars at Newport used machine-guns, bombs and rifles. Troops replied vigorously. Firing continued for four or five hours. The residents were terrorised. The attackers were eventually forced to retire.—(A. and N.Z.) Irregulars made strong efforts to recapture Macroom, but retired .after four hours* fighting. Erskine Childers is said to have been the leader of the force, which opened fire with machineguns and rifles, but caused no casualties. Irregulars who were planning an ambush at Youghal were surprised by the Nationals, who killed two and wounded several. An armoured car captured by the Republicans, which has been used in raids from the mountains of Mayo and Sligo, was blown to pieces by Nationalist artillery.—(“Times.”)