Evening star., 1922-07-05
De va|era's Fate, Uncertain
During Inferno of Flames
in Dublin Street.
IRREGULARS MAKE LAST
STAND IN POST OFFICE
Hang Out White Flag and Then
Fire on Approaching Troops
and Fipemen.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
DUBLIN. July Sit II learned on
excellent authority. says the Press
Association this afternoon. tfVt the
Irish provisional government in
tends to issue a national call to
arms tomorrow.
DUBLIN. July S g p.m).-Ten build
ings in Sackville street. the republican
insurgent stronghold, were ablaze at
this hour. The irregulars were still
holding out in the Granville Hotel
and were firing from the windows
surrounded by an inferno Of flames
Five men. the last occupants of the
Gresham Hotel. have surrendered
The end Of the battle Is believed to be
near.
The Gresham Hotel. in the Sack
Vile street area. was blazing furi-
ously at Q o'clock.
Bombardment of the buildings occu-
pied by the republicans remaining in
their Sackville street stronghold was
resumed at 1 o'clock. after a few
hours lull.
The Hammam Hotel, which has been
one of the principal points of the
defense. was ablaze shortly after
midday and the flames were spread
ing to adjoining buildings on the
south. Shortly after the fire was OBJ
served in the hotel what appeared to
be white flag was hung out, but
when troops and f1rsmen approached
the building they were fired at and
the supposed flag was withdrawn.
Train 1s-Pounder on Hotel.
The national army forces then
trained an eighteen-pounder on the
Hammam and on the general post
Office. next door on the north, where
the main force Of the irregulars was
believed to be concentrated;
The post of1ce is more solidly con-
structed than the other buildings of
the block in which the republicans
have been making their desperate
stand. and it is believed that it is
there they will wage their final fight.
the end Of which now Is thought to be
near.
The Free State forces are reported
in full possession of the Gresham
Hotel, which is separated from the
post office by the Crown and the
stories of he Granville the defenders
were continuing to maintain sharp
rifle fire.
Fire Sets on ANN munition.
Dense volumes of smoke were pour
ing from the blazing buildings and
occasional explosions were heard as
the fire reached stored ammunition.
At midafternoon the fire was re-
ported to have spread to the post
ofice.
A vast crowd on the O'Connell
bridge. the southern terminus of
Sackville street, watched the tragic
spectacle being enacted a few hun
dred yards away, heedless> of the
peril of flying bullets. Red Cross
workers were carrying on their work
fearlessly in the heart Of the danger
zone.
1t is not known whether Eamonn
De Valera and the other republican
leaders, including Harry Boland and
Countess Markievicz, are still with
the garrison. 1t is believed a con-
siderable number of the defenders
have managed to escape and it is
gone to join the bands organizing in
the Dublin hills, supposedly under
the leadership of Erskine Childers. A
force of national army men already
has been dispatched to counter this
move.
Another Big Fight Expected.
Another big fight is believed to be
imminent in County Donegal. A
large number Of irregulars are con-
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