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BIG FIGHT AT MACROOM

CROWN FORCE AMBUSHEB 400 AQAINBT 70. HEAVY LOSSES SUSTAINED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.); I Received February 26, 10.45 a.m. j LONDON, February 25. Seventy members of the Crownj forces, while travelling in lorries with the object of conducting a "round-up" were ambushed by 400 Sinn FeinerSj who were entrenched in' hills near Maoroom. At the first onslaught one auxiliary was killed, and six wounded. A fierce pitched battle ensued, MaJo| Grant, the Commanding Officer, being killed. The Crown forces were hopelessly outnumbered and withdrew, leaving about ten wounded, now presumed to be dead. When the auxiliaries were neartng their base at Macroom, the rebels re-* turned to the mountains. .Macroom is fortified with maohfne« guns (mined on to the roads leading id the town. The police and military, aided bj aeroplanes, are scouring the district. Tlie Sinn Fein casualties are believed to have been heavy.

OmCERS KIDNAPPED. VILLAGERS HELD RESPONSIBLE. FOR THEIR SAFE RETURN. ■ (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.)' Received February 26, 9.5 a.m. LONDON, February 25. Armed men held up two ' officers^ who were returning from fox-hunting in the village of Liscarroll iCork), and compelled them to dismount. . The* then removed them to an unknown des. tination, and their riderless horses sub., sequently reached Butteyant Barrack* The Crown forces invested LiscarrollJ and compelled the villagers to form a civilian guard, informing them thai they would be held responsible fOI the officers, return.

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Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14601, 26 February 1921, Page 5

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BIG FIGHT AT MACROOM Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14601, 26 February 1921, Page 5

BIG FIGHT AT MACROOM Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14601, 26 February 1921, Page 5