BEFORE THE ATTACK
REPUBLICANS’ SOLID DEFENCES. BIG TASK AHEAD OF DAIL TROOPS. (Received June 28, 9.55 p.m.) DUBLIN, June' 27. The Irish Provisional Government is heeding Mr Winston Churchill’s warning as regards the rebel occupation of the Four Courts. Tho garrison, of whom, there ore three hundred, are building a natural stronghold, elaborately sandbagged, wired, and barricaded with law books. All approaches are covered by loopholes, and machine-guns are placed on the roof. It is not believed that the Free State regulars will directly assault the position, but will render the buildings untenable <by cutting off the water. The authorities are embarrassed by the fact that the Four Courts contain national records. The mutineers possess high explosives, and it would not be difficult for them to destroy the buildings. Measures against the Four Courts would inevitably provoke trouble in the provinces, where the main strength of the Republicans lies. The Government’s task, therefore, is not an easy one.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11249, 29 June 1922, Page 5
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158BEFORE THE ATTACK New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11249, 29 June 1922, Page 5
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