ATTACK ON BEGGARS BUSH.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 19 April 1922, Page 5

ATTACK ON BEGGARS BUSH.

THE REBELS' PLAN

BY CABLE—PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT

LONDON, April 17. The rival sections of the Irish Republican Army are converting Dublin into a battlefield, sniping, machinegunning, and patrolling in armed cars. Rebels determinedly, but unsuccessfully, attacked Beggars Bush, the official and impregnable I.R.A. stronghold. The attackers surrounded the barracks, opening fire on all sides. Free Staters, mounted in armoured cars, counterattacked the rebels, who were dispersed. Afterwards they attacked transport sections and were again repulsed. The indications are believed to point to a rebel plan to seize all strategical points in Dublin, preparatory to a revolutionary campaign throughout the country. The plans are even believed to include the seizure of Dublin Castle, which is' still in British occupation. Rebels are pouring into Four Courts from all parts of Dublin county.