BRITISH OCCUPY BELLEEK.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 420, 10 June 1922, Page 6

BRITISH OCCUPY BELLEEK.

i 1 MOVEMENT UN I,ANI> AND SEA. Received Juno 9. 1.-10 p.m, I.ONDUX, J iiiio 8. ! A wide converging iii«vi-im>iil on land j and sea ended by i lie British to-day cap- ! tming Belleek. A force consisting of the South Staffords, Lincolns and Manchesiers, supputicd by howitzers and numerous armoured ear,-, marched on both sides ol Lough Erne, whose waters were doited with numerous small craft of Listers little navy carrying stores. The aeroplanes which were I reconnoitring the postilion teporied that the 1 town was sparsely occupied. Verov lights showed that the British were being attacked. whereupon the artillery opened lire j and captured the fort and therealter ocettj pied the town.—Reuter. ; REI’CBLICANS WITHDRAW. Received June 9, 2.20 p.m LONDON, June 8. i The occupation of Bollock was bloodless. I When the troops were sniped the artillery sent a couple of shells in the direction of ilto for: outside the town. When the troops entered the republicans had withdrawn into Donegal.—A. and N.Z. cable. TWO BROTHERS SHOT. Received June 9, 1.50 p.m, j LONDON, Juno 8. i Two brothers named McCann were taken from bed in Antrim and shot, one. mortally. A special constable has been arrested. —A. and N.Z. cable. MEMBERS ELECTED. Received June 9, 1.40 p.m. LONDON, June 8. j Four of the outgoing pro-treaty members representing Dublin University have been re-elected unopposed. —A. and N.Z. cable.