REBELLION BROKEN.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2166, 4 July 1922, Page 7

REBELLION BROKEN.

PENNED IN SMALL AREA. DE VALERA REFUSES TO SURRENDER. POSITION OBSCURE. [By Electric Cable —Conyrlgnt.] [Aust. and N.Z. C—the Association.] (Received Monday, 8.-0 p.m.) LONDON, July 3. The lighting In Dublin to midnight gives evidence that the back of the rebellion has been broken. The rebels have been driven into a congested area 770 yards long with frontages to Sackville Street, Margaret Street and Parnell Square. Many more or less important positions have been captured during the enveloping movement. During the infantry attack the rebels exploded several mines. The civil.an population is wholeheartedly assisting the Free Staters. Many girls are working day and night providing comfort for the troops, while men are assisting in other- ways in the sterner duties. Free State reinforcements are reaching the city. Bishop OTteilly communicated with Do Valera from the American Consulate, which was forced to remove to Shelbourne Hotel. •Firing ceased at three o’clock this morning, when the position was described as obscure. The next move is being awaited with anxiety. Bishop OTteilly urged De Valera to join the peace conference at Shelbourne Hotel. De Valera did not reply. A fierce battle is proceeding. The rebels evacuated strongholds in Sackville Street. Five hundred -were captured. The Free Staters surrounded and attempted to storm the building wherein are De Valera, Bingho and Countess Markeivicz.