New-York tribune., 1920-10-11
EIGHT Soldiers
Reported Slain
By Irish Bomb
Motor Lorry Containing
Troops Said to Have Been
Blown Up; Officer Killed
i'm Ambush of Pat rOl
Three Others Are Hurt
Cuardsmen Are Attacked
After Houses in Village
Are Searched for Arms

DUBLIN, Oct. lot is reported here
tonight that motor lorry carrying
soldiers has been blown up near Castle
reagh, County Roscommon Eight SOL
diers are said to be missing. The re-
port, however, has not been confirmed.
CORK, Oct 10-Three military Off
GERS and twenty men riding in two
last night quarter Of a mile from
the village of Ncwcestowny The men
sprang ont OF The lorries and engaged
the attaching party in the darkness,
the fight lasting more than an hour.
Captain Richardson, commandin. the
naval detachment at the Bandor mill
tary barracks, was shot in the head
and died few minutes afterward.
Lieutenant Robertson was shot through
the stomach and probably fatally
wounded. Two soldiers of thc party
were badly injured. As far as known
the attacking party, which, according to
n statement issued at the Eandon bar
racks, far outnumbered the military
contingent, suffered no casualties
The lorries were commanded by
the military force which tried and con-
victed Lord Mayor MacSwiney of Cork
Search Yillase for Arms
Newcestown was reported to be the
drilling ground Of the irish volunteers,
and Saturday night the military cx-
pectod to find considerable number of
to villagers the lorry entered the place
with the mon firing their rifles. and
st rmed an ale house and ordered the
inmates to throw up their hands. One
Of the men inside the ale house es-
capped and the military theory is that
he managed to warn his comrades and
enabled them to cut the wires and ar
range the ambuscade.
The soldiers remained in the ale
house for half an hour searching for
arms, but finding none, they proceeded
i'll the direction of Cas.letown, where
they had arranged to meet another
iorry of patrols. A quarter of mile
down he road the men ran into the
ambuscade
The commanding officer ut the Ban
don station to-day paradad the parri-
son and told the men not to attem 1T
any reprisals for the Newcestown at
tack.
Shop Windows Smashed
The windows Of three shops in Pat
- 'o- ~N| "cic SllltSHcC Uurlng
lew hours last night. Otherwise the
nlght passed quietly
commenting on a statement made AT
Dublin Castle that the bomb explosions
in the City Hall here yesterday morn
inE Vere e!ieyed to be due to a rurnor
tra' the military was going to take
qossesslon of the building. local news
0anor men said they were unaware that
sch report ever had been circulated
BELFAST, Oct. 1c-A lorry contain
ing soldiers and policemen was fred
upon last night by group Of men sta
toned IN ibert Stree1 near Falls Road
The attack occurred after curfew
hours. The FIRE OF the attacl nc party
was returned from the lor45. Henry
McConviilc. f0rty-iivo years old. was
wounded in tie hip and taken to hos
pltal. The other assailants escaped
Prisoners wreck Cells
The people residing in the vicinity
OF the prison at Londonderry passed a
ssleepless night owing TO the din made
by Slnn Fem prisoners, who wrecked
the cells, smashed windows and shouted
Republican songs Eventually troops
were summoned and surrounded the
prison. They first fired in the air, then
suppressed the disorders.
An attempt was made at Derry to-day
to hold q huge political demonstration
at the funeral of the seventeen-year-
old boy, John Clifford, who was shot by
a sentry Wednesday night AS the