The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-03
(By Associated Pressl

DObl1lIN, July o.-Ine fnal assault
on the positions held by the Republi-
| cans in Sackville street was begun at
i9 o'clock this morning and still was
continuing nearly an hour later
The other areas held by the insurg-
ents in various parts of this city were
/ occupied by the Free States during
the night
Heavy fighting is going on in Sack
vile street, which is swept by ma
chine gun fire. The national army
forces are operating from O'Connel
bridge to the Parnell monument The
return fire of the insurgents is feeble.
The machine gunners are maintain
ing devastating fire against the
front of the buildings. particularly
pressing the attack on Hanman's ho-
tel, where Eamon De Valera is be-
lieved to be holding out following his
flight from the Gresham hotel.
Despite the great danger from stray
bullets a large crowd is watching the
fight from a distance
The casualties in Sundays fighting
In Dublin we're IL killed and 16
, wounded.
Task Difficult
It is generally believed the task of
clearing the Republicans out of the
Sackville street area will prove ex-
tremely difficult and involve heavy
property damage, particularly in view
OF the report that they are command
ed by such experienced fighters and
die hards" as Eamon DeValera,
Cathal Brughs (Charles Burgess, Aus
tin Stack and Oscar Traynor
Details of the operations of the ma
tlonal corps as revealed in the latest
Official communiques are regarded as
pointing TO impaired morale on the
part of the irregulars and to the rapid
crumbling of their defense when seri-
ously attacked.
The tactics of the provisional gov
ernment's military leaders in first
cleaning out the insurgents outposts
resulted in confining the irregulars to
positions in the narrow area consist
ing of part of SackvilIe street, part of
Parnell Square, into which Sackville
street runs. and Marlborough street
which parellels Sackville and is over
looked by the hotels and other build
lngs on the latter thoroughfare in
which the main forces of the irregulars
still are holding out. The rapidity
with which the Free Staters dislodged
the insurgents caused surprise.
Machine Gun Fire.
Yesterdays operations in most
cases were carried out by the use of
armored cars and intense machine
gun fire. Apparently only in one case
was artillery brought into action. and
that was the attack on MoreI's hotel
in Talbot street
The wiping out of this hornets nest
relieved considerably the difficulties
confronting pedestrians in the center
of the city and reopened the main ap-
proach to the Great Northern railway
station and the Central Telegraph of
flee in Aimes street, nearby.
Clearing out of the outposts In the
neighborhood of Harcourt street and
Stephens Green was accomplished by
heavy bnursts of rifle and machine
gun fire. The attack on the strong
hold in Harcourt Terrace was par
ticularly dashing. The free staters
drove up suddenly in armored cars
and opened a fierce fire on the Re-
pu-licans. The return volley was.
scattering and the national troops
promptly stormed the place, capturing
IN a single rush the whole party of
OCAOhOCAos LOliOOllAS on
Displayed Resource.
The capture of the Swan Hotel in
York street, was more difficult
operation. In this engagement the Re
publicans displayed considerable re-
source, all managing to escape except
three who were wounded The attack
was made by an armored and a small
force Of Free Staters quartered in an
undertaker's establishment nearby.
The Republicans, who were strongly
entrenched, had hung a horseshoe out
side a window. They declared their
luck would last as long as the horse
shoe remained Most of the defend
ers were mere boys and their pluck
and dare deviltry won warm admira-
tion from their imperilled non-combat-
ent neighbors as well as from the at
tdckers.
During the night the stronghold of
the irregularas in the Sackville street
area was heavily bombarded and be-
fore today's attack began the general
belief was that the hostilities would
draw rapidly toward a conclusion.