IRISH REBELLION

Southland Times, Issue 19591, 12 August 1922, Page 5

IRISH REBELLION

EVACUATION OF CORK LANDING OF FREE STATE TROOPS 'By Telegraph— Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and New Zealand Cable Assn). LONDON, August 10. Prior u> the evacuation of Cork the irregulars blew up the military barracks, the Victoria Hotel, the newspaper offices and other buildings. An official bulletin describing the Cork success points out that the irregulars were taken on all sides. Troops under the command of Major-General Dilton landed in small boats from vessels which came almost ashore. The Nationalists notwithstanding the rebel fire, quickly reached a position on the shore where they replied to the shooting and a landing was effected. Irregulars awaiting in ambush at Balliua were surprised by a sudden bombardment and fled to the mountains, leaving ten leaders and eight men in the Nationalists’ hands. Tlie Irish Trade Union Congress unanimously decided that if Dail Eininn was not convoked before August 26 as step preliminary to ending die fratricidal strife labour deputies should meet their constituents and resign. A TRIPLE liANDING. DARLNG NATIONALIST COUP. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) LONDON, August 10. The simultaneous landing of Nationalists at Cork, Yooghal and Bantry was one of the most daring coups of the campaign. Four shipts carrying J5tM) troops and artillery voyaged from Dublin. The landing practically hemmed in the main bocly of the rebels, who were compelled to fight or disperse to the hills in small parties. CORK SITUATION OBSCURE. MANA’ BUILDINGS DESTROYED. REBEHS IN FULL RETREAT. LONDON, August 10. (Received August 11, 8.30 pan.) The telegraph and telephone wires are still cut and the position in Cork is obscure. Apparently fighting continued after the rebels set fire to buildings, including Admiralty House, the Naval Hospital, and the offices of the newspapers Cork Examiner and Cork CcmstituriiKi. The fires made a big blaze in several quarters of the city. The rebels constructed a boom across ihe harbour in order to prevent shipping entering. They commandeered two hoppers, which they armed with machine guns but they failed to impede the surprise lantiiugs. Ihe whole rebel army is now retreating to the mountainous districts in the southwest.