Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-15
De- ,d Account of
 he Fall of Cork
ood Situation Rendered Acute by Blowing Up of Railroad Bridges.

Dublin, Aug k-{By the A. P.)-The first detailed account of the fall of Cork after desperate fighting between the na- tionalist. and irregular forces. was re- ceived today from the Associated Press correspondent at Cork who has been iso- lated there for the past five days and who sent his despatch by a courier On a trawler. The despatch says:
 "Feverish anxiety developed Imong the townspeople and the irregulars who held the city when the surprise landing was made by the nationalist troops last Tuesday. The streets were soon filled with excited people and eHinous fears Of siege and shell fire began to circulate. Nasty preparations of the irregulars continued until Thursday when it was announced they would make a stand in- side the city toward which small parties of the enemy forces were advancing | from Douglas.
 The first panic came when an attack was made on the quarters occupied by the ex-service men. Soon all the bar racks which had previously been, oecu- pied byt he irregulars were set on fire by bombs which exploded with deafen- ing reports, while steady rattle of rifle fire added to the nervous terror of the people. Many left their homes uc seek points of safety, and some sought vantagepoints from which to see the fighting.
 The stand of the irreguIars did not last long and their units soon began tc break up and disperse.
 Their retreat commenced at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon. They removed
 some machinery from the railroad bridge
 so, as to prevent it's being used by tht
 nationals. They also exploded severa | .44I.
 damage was done
 irregulars had fled. Six hours later
 the advance. party of the nauonal
 marched into the city, receiving al
 enthusiastic reception from the popu
 lace.
 On Friday, thousand more troops ar rived. They were welcomed by tn , Bishop of Cork and the authorities
 The only resistance the nationals en . countered, was that immediately afte their landing, when severe rifle and re : volver duels took place. A stiff engage 5 ment occurred in the Rochestown wood:
 where the irregulars suffered severely The nationals lost eight killed and fiji
 teen wounded. One eighteen pound sn.
 landed in the irregulars' position an
 started the movement of retiremen
 Cork was captured without anotnt shot.
 The food situation in Cork is no
 acute. The blowing up of the raiIroa bridges has severe dthe city's contac f with the outlying towns. V Besides samsEfng the machinery i the various newspaper offices, tie ire: n ulars wrecked the Central Telephone e, change The telegraph instruments
 the general postoffice, which have bee 2 under the control of the irregulars sin, . the war commenced, have been damage f extensively and will take long tin a to repair.
 a The irregulars had placed a boo 4 across the channel of the river, whit . they patrolled in motor launches Lat
 they sunk dredger and another era in the channel making the river innpas l. able, all these impediments have no l. been removed.
 q The sudden departure of the irreg n lars after their vigorous occupation m five weeks, forced Cork to regard t 1T abruptness of their withdrawal with jo a Everywhere the initials of the Irish r e publican army, L R. A., were pass $ from mouth to mouth as signifying
 ran away