New Britain herald., 1922-06-28
HIGH EXPLOSIVES USED IN IRELAND
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doors and guarding the remaining ap- breaches with barbed wire.

doors and guarding the remaining ap- breaches with barbed wire.
 Garrison We'll Armed
 The garrison Is believed to be par ticularly we'll equipped with rifles and ammunition while machine guns are posted on the roof. The number of the defenders Is unknown, but it Is said many have deserted sincs She early days Of the occupation. Never theles 1t Is believed some hundreds are still within and well provisioned against n siege.
 The determination of the provision al government to recapture the Four Courts Is ascribed entirely to the in- surgents act in seizing Lieut.. Gen. O'Conncll, assistant chief of staff of the regular forces and not to Colonial Secretary Churchill's warning in the house Of commons.
 Surrender is Demanded
 The arrangements for the invest ment of the insurgents were in charge of Gen. Ennis. the officer command ing the eastern division. These having been completed, message was sent to the garrison in the Four Courts at 3:30 o'clock demanding the surrender of the building within an hour so far as can be learned no reply was returned.
 Shortly after 1 o'clock an armored car passed up the quay in front of the building and is declared by the free staters to have been fired upon by the garrison. Immediately an IS pounder mounted on the armored car sent shell crashing against the masonry of the Four Courts. There was fierce reply with rifle fire from within the building.
 Government Troops Under Fire
 Almost immediately a continuous exchange of the fire between the two forces was in progress.
 The premises in north Great Georges street occupied by the com munist party and the I. w. w. as headquarters was fortified after the government attack on the Four Courts had begun and government troops were fired upon from the newly forti- fled building.
 The royal Dublin society's buildings which had been chosen by the pro- visional government as the meeting place for the new southern parliament next Saturday, have been tightly closed and the gates barred as a pre- caution against any attacks by the irregulars.
 The fusillade around the Four Courts was punctuated at intervals by the sound of bursting shells and it was ascertained that two IS pounders were in action. Machine guns were being freely used by both sides.
 The city was awakened by the din even to the remote suburbs.
 The first casualty reported was amongst the provisional government troops. Private Long was wounded while on duty in Chancery street.
 A rumor that Rory O'Connor. the republican insurgent in command had been wounded during the fighting was in circulation this afternoon. No was obtainable.
 High Explosives Used.
 It was learned during the morning that the official forces were using against the Four Courts two IS pounders firing high explosive shells with delayed action fuses. They fired at first from the high ground in the neighborhood of Christ church cathe- dral at a range of 200 yards By 11:3o o'clock breach had been made in one wall of the building.
 The guns later were moved to fresh positions where the advantages of direct fire seemed greater.
 The attack on the insurgents was preceded by the sending of two ul- timatums to commandant Rory O'Connor. One of these demanded the release of Lieut.. Gen. O'Connel assistant chief of staff of the regular forces seized yesterday The other set time limit after which an at- :ack would be made.
 Five Casualties Reported.
 Five casualties among the free state troops had occurred up to 11:30 oclock. These were men who had been wonded and taken to a hospital for treatment.
 One woman died of heart failure rom excitement brought on by the lighting.
 Would Give Aid.
 London, June 2s (By the Associated Press)-1t is believed here that the Irish regular forces under Michael Collins are sufficiently strong and well equipped to deal with the situation which has arisen in Dublin. A ma ority of their arms including machine guns and artillery have been supplied oy the British government under the erms of the Anglo-Irish treaty. They Ire manning their own artillery.
 There are several thousand British roops still in Dublin and it is intimat- ed that, should Collins request aid rom this source, troops would be placed at his disposal exactly as was lone when the Ulster government de- tired military assistance in putting Town the rebellion in the north.
 Dublin is Isolated.
 Belfast June 2S (By Associatgl