Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-04-22
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independence Mace Public
Thru Associated Press
(By Associated Press)

squads of British constables in
Ireland are disclosed in the re-
ports from Irish brigade comman-
ders which have just been given
out at the headquarters of\the
Volunteers in Dublin. Most OF
these attacks have been reported
by the British, but the Irish &C
counts are now given for the first
time.
They give the details Of desper-
ate fights in which, sometimes,
the little British commands have
been deCimated and at other times
the Irish have been driven of,
with severe losses, for the Irish
Volunteers occasionally ruin into
a counter trap and find themselves
Exposed to the whitening blast Of
4 machine gun.
These reports show methods
employed TO carry on the guerril-
Ia fighting the hurried calls to as
Isembie the Irish attackers, efforts
to surprise the British constables
IN some isolated spot and tells OF
| the use OF mines to block the pas
Usage Of motor cars so that the at
tack can be delivered with great
er execution.
\. typical ambush is described
in a report of the commander OF
the East County Clare brigade.
Thirty-fvc men, five acting Is
scouts, attacked a police lorry
containing 4 district Inspector and
nine constablcs at GlenWood Bel
voir. killing al but four, who es-
capped. Twenty of the attackers,
it is stated. were armed with ii
fles and ten with double-barreled
shotguns. They were concealed
on one side of q road near a
stream.
AS in a previous ambush" the
commander reports, the main
body was divided into three parts.
The position which was occupied
at ! a. H., was not very favorable.
but We counted on the element OF
surprise and the concentrated fire
of Is OF the rifles and the ten
shotguns in the first volley toI
make up for shortcomings and in
this we were successful.
They waited, it appears, until
four o'clock in the afternoon be !
fore the lorry came in sight. |
when the car came into the cen
ter position" the report continues
it was raked with the fire of the
"a guns, most OF the police were
shot off and the car came to J
dead stop. Some Of the police
when they got on the road made
an attempt to put up fight, but
the second volley. which included
all the rifles. wiped them out.
What is termed AN exceeding
ly risky operation as we were half
the enemy strength" was the at
tack in County Donegal on a mil
itary train from Derry. According
to the brigade commanders re-
port the attacking party number
ed 20. Information was received
at $50 at night, the report says,
that'the special train was to leave
Derry at 3 a. IN. the next morn
ing.
Little time was left to choose a
position and get settled, but the
train was late, giving us three
quarters of an hour to get
ready. We chose d cutting, one
side of which was on a level with
the carriage windows. At the
ends of each side we placed bomb
ers and rifle men and between
were placed the remaining rife
men and the others differently
Two large boulders were
placed on the rails and the wire
fences at each side were pulled
up to afford a safe exit. The sta
ton building short distance
away was taken possession of
and green light displayed,
There were seven carriages on
the train and it was travelling at
a great speed when it struck the
stones.
Fire was opened from both I
sides and bombs were hurled
through the windows. The fire
was returned from the cab of the |
engine, where a Lewis gun was in
position. Our rife men at the
rear end of the train got down on
the line. for en6lading fire, but at
ter about ten minutes | was fore
ed to order a retreat to effect the
safe escape of Our men. Eight |
bombs were thrown, two of which /
we are certain landed in carriages. /
In the retreat one of Our two
parties was surrounded twice, but
fought its way through OH eachi
occasion. One Of our men is miss
ing and we believe he has fallen
into the hands of the enemy. MOI