IRISH TURMOIL.
SUPPRESSIVE MEASURES
PATROLLING DERRY'S WALLS
HISTORIC SIEGE RECALLED,
(Received 8 a.m.)
LONDON, Aug. 15. The authorities are anticipating grave disorders in Londonderry. The military proscribed the Nnrionalist and Sir.n Fein Lady Day demonstration, which was to include a procession round the walls of the town. Tropp f s for- th«- 4]rst time since the Siege of Derry occupied these walls, Orangemen and other Unionists hnd expressed their determination to prevent anyone using the walls for an anti-Brjtish parade.—A. and N.Z.
The memorable Siege of Derry (of Londonderry, capital of the county) was conducted by |he forces of James II in 1688-89. The walls, about one mile in circuit, were conetvucted early in the 17th century.
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Northern Advocate, 18 August 1919, Page 5
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