Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-30
REBELS DRIVEN OUT
AFTER MIDNIGHT BY
/, STEADY SHELL FIRE
Rory O'Connor and $50
Companions Escape by
Rear Entrance.
I,33 PRISONERS TAKEN
BY ATTACKING TROOPS
Rebel Commandant Barry Is
Captured Disguised as
Nurse.
DEFENDERS LOSE HEAVILY
Fighting Spread. All Over Dublin
md ShootinK Il In
ressnnt.
A,33 PRISONERS TAKEN
BY ATTACKING TROOPS
DEFENDERS LOSE HE.yr.,
Fighting Spreads All Over Dublin
Hnd shooting Is In
CessRnt.
BY United Ncus.l

DUBLIN. June 3o.-rree stat.
troops have captured the Four Court.
after t~o DAYS OF hsh,ins. taking
thirty-thr,e prisoners.
:, The Free state troops bombarseJ
the structure all day Thursday. in
creas!ng their she'll hre as evening
wore on. Fighting continued in,o
the night. and shortly after midnight
The rebels. hghung under the per
soha! command OF General Rory
oconnor. were driven from the tuo
main sections OF the big building
The Free state commanders tnen
demanded that O'Cunnor. who had
faHen refuge In a smaller building
nearby, surrender.
q Lose Three Killed.
The -Four Courts was the head.
quarters of the rebel army in Dun.
lin. The siructur. was seized by
the insurgents during the Easter
hEh,ins. md Rory oconnor est,
ish+d his headquarters there. resist
ing all efforts to disiodye him
Finally Ere. Stat"rs gave up the at.
tempt and allowed the rebels To hold
IN. -Four Courts unmoIe.,ed.
/ The Free state otticiais however
' were censur"d in the House Of com
mons Tor toI-raiing this invasion a,
the!r authority. and at unc. organize
an attack which b-gan early We'd.
hesda! ana continued through until
carry Friday morning. Yhen the
rebels finally succumb.d.
Apparently The defenders had boon
well supplied with ammunition and
supplies. FOR during IN. tuo-dav al,
rack they were practically bottled IN.
Free state losses during the can.
lure Of the Four Courts were thre.
Hilie' and fourteen wounded
DisEuI.~d n. Nurse.
The rebel cOmmandant Barry a..
tempted I" escape in the guise nt .
Ynursc. but was arrested. win ,bi,,,
three others
R"ry o'connor and l50 companion
We're driven Oh, of the building. -s-
Gaping ny the rear entrance
flRhting increased in intensity
during the afternoon. and the bon.
barhment Of tho -Four Courts wa.
heavier than ever. The shells from
the Free State artillery tore hug.
holes in the outer walls OF the struc
'ur' windows were smashed and
{, the decorative cornlces were broL
Yin many places
street hyhting. snipiny and am.
push'hS "t Free State forces were
general throughout the CITY.
During one not fght woman oar.
F. Tying bottle OF holy water rushe ed
up TO rebel soldier He rerov.d
MS cap. crossed himself. calmly
lighted cigarette and then ni,chad
into the fight again.
figntinS spread across the river n
the southern section OF the CITY ar,in
4 towards evening
Hnit Fighting for Mass.
Inc attack around the -Four Court,
WAS suspended long enough To per-
H't clViiians To attend mass in
safety. Fighting continued through
out the rest OF the city. however
Insurgents were constantly amhnsb'
ing Free State forces.
Reports OF disturbances tbrou,b.
OUT southern ireland continued IN
come In. At kildare. railway tracks
were torn up. The bridge at Linn
erick Junction was dynamited. sew
erlnH communlcat with cort
Many railroad stations have been
burned and wires were cut in MI.
b merous places.
r'Sh'ihH iS also spreading into all
sections or Ireland. Wire comment
cation with Southern Ireland has
peen cut on. reports Of hshtinp II,
various places are reaching here I'm
roundabout ways. Insurgents al
tackled the Free State barracks n,
Foynes, In County Limerick. accord !.
ling to report from Cork. Free
Etaters stcrmed and captured Droy-
heda barracks at Belfast.
At least nineteen have been kluea
and more than NIFTY have boen
wounded In the nshting. althoueh
accurate figures cannot be collected
while the battle continues.
Dublin has not seen such san.
culinary lighting since the 1916 re-
beilion. Hand-to hand encounters
occurred In many streets. Trench
mortars. machine guns. artillery and
rifles were used by both sides. The
\ rebels planted mines In the streets
to lie set on when vehicles passed
over wires laid on the surface Doors
and windows were shattered by bull
A,lets. Snipers were firing from roofs
end concealed positions.
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