The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-29
DUBLIN IS SCENE
 IF BLOODY FIGHT
 BETWEEN TROOPS
Collins Seeks to Remove Re- publican Insurgents From Their Stronghold in Four
 Courts
Nv Associat.d Press

Dublin, June 28.-Michael Collins head of the Irish Free State govern ment, took active measures today against the republican insurgents under Rory O'Connor, in their strong hold in the center of Dublin, Four Courts.
 An ultimatum for the surrender of the insurgents was ignored and at the expiration of a brief time limit, Free State troops In armored cars and motor lorries began movement against the insurgents. which was met with an immediate fusillade from the building.
 From dawn until late tonight there were heavy exchanges, although at intervals the firing ceased. Small artillery, trench mortars and ma chine guns were employed by the attacking, forces, but the irregulars confined themselves largely to ma chine gun and rifle fire. No attempt was made to carry Four Courts by assault, but one of the walls of the building was preached at various places.
 Casualties Few
 The casualties are few in propor- ton to the nature or the 11BhtihS and consist principally or civilians caught in the line of fire. So Tar as Is. known tonight, seven was kiiled and others more or less Wounoea. This does not include any casual ties that may have feen suffered by the irregulars, these being impos- sible to ascertain.
 are engaged in the present opera tions. and it is known that the ir- regulars number several hundred. The Insurgents were obliged to eyacuate several buildings during tn , proKress of the battle, but immedi- ately took up new positions, which had evidently been prepared in ad- vance.
 DeValera Refuses to Talk
 The Free State troops did not in- terfere with activities at republican headquarters in suffolk street, where Eamon Devalera and his colleagues met as usual. MT. DeValera declined to make any statement on the pres
 
 The provisional government, one fl decided to suppress the revolt of .he irreRuIars. acted immediately and took efficiently all the usual war measures. It is handling the sitr- alton entirely alone, without any as- distance from British troops who are still on garrison in Dublin.
 The government is controlling the movements of the public firmly but with a minimum of interference in the ordinary life of the city. Vir- tualIy the only inconvenience sui fered are suspension of telephone services and temporary Interruption of the malls.
 A feature of the operations today was that even near the scene of fighting business proceeded normally and a visitor might have noted noth- inc unusual beyond the sound of ar tillery and the rattle of rifle fire a' intervals, often in unexpected ex- plosicns.
 Many Witness Fight Citizens lined the quays and bridges to watch the battle and large hoit- day b1at load of excursionists from the Isle of Man watched the spec tac1e.
 Military activity was apparen' from midnight; thence on the mill tary movements were continuous. The Four Courts districts was cordone and the occupants were cleared from the houses facing the courts on tho opposite side of the river, to make way for official troops. At o'clocS | in the morning when firing an' nounced that Rory O'Connor. leader l of the insurgents, had ignored the I government ultimatum, nobody iE central Dublin could sleep. The noise of the successive fusillades carried far in the calm night and all realized | from the direction of the sound thsi the long postponed attack on Foul Courts had begun.
 About 8 o'clock in the morning l there was a long lull and the hast, | conclusion that all was over. But by 10 o'clock firing again became
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