Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-06-09
BRITISH TROOPS
ACTIVE IN ERIN
Scotch and English Soldiers
Rushed into Ulster.
MANY AIRPLANES TO BE USED
Noncombatants Are Killed in Lively
Encounter Along the Tyrone-Don-
egaI Frontier-Two Trans
ports Arrive.

Belfast, June British infantry,
artillery and airplanes, backed by de-
stroyers in Belfast Tough, will go into
action against Sim Fein forces on the
Ulster border unless the latter cease
their attacks, it is announced here.
In an encounter along the Tyrone
Donegal frontier three noncombatants
are reported 10 have been killed.
Reinforcements for the British mill
tary forces in northern Ireland are
pouring into Belfast. The city had to
go back to the energetic days OF
March, 1914, which preceded the Cur
ragh brigade mutiny, to find parallel
for the present military activity.
Two transports arrived from Birken-
head with the Scottish Borderers. The
Manchesters from Guernsey, the Roy
al Fusiliers and the Liverpool regi-
ment also arrived. They proceeded to
the Ballykinder camp, County Down.
which until last year housed nearly p
600 interned men. Before the rein
forcements began coming there were
10 battalions in Ulster, far below the
war strength.
Fighting Planes Arrive.
The most interesting arrivals were
a party of II officers and 81 men Of
the royal air service. A short time
later 80 fighting planes arrived from
England and were housed at the AL
dergrove aviation ground, Is miles
from Belfast, used as a camp for the
Seventeenth brigade, which recently
arrived from Cork.
The popular belief is that the mill
tary is TO be used to clear Belleek
salient, evacuated by the Ulster forces
recently, of its republican occupants.
Stirring events in this sector seemed
to be presaged by the departure of
large parties of the military, fully
equipped and evidently prepared for a
long stay. They had a great number
of machine guns with them. The men
were divided into two sections, one
proceeding toward Pettigoe and the
other towards Belleek, on opposite
thanks of the salient.
Avoid Free State Territory.
One of the wings of the military
forces which left Enniskillen for Pet
tigOe embarked on boats at Kesh and
crossed to Boa island. The Be.leek
party encamped at Resscor. The in
tention of these forces, it is believed,
is to push the republicans from Wa
terfoet and Magheramenagh, in the
Ulster territory. Boats are playing an
impcrtant part in the movement, as
Belleek could not be occupied by land
except by traversing 200 yards of Free
State territory, which presumably the
British authorities are anxious to
avoid, whereas it can be reached di-
rectly by water.
The most important naval unit vet
sent to northern waters is the fiotilla
leader Wallace, sister ship of the
Broke, with a speed of SO knots.
Belfast had a comparatively quiet
weekend. Two soldiers and three
civilians were wounded The record
since Monday last is Is killed and IA
wounded in disturbances in this city.
! British Storm Pettigo.
} London, June 5.-British troons
stormed Pettigo following the pre-
patches to the Central News. Par
ties of soldiers in motors, with de-
tachments on foot, dashed through
the village in the face of heavy ma
chine gun fire from the republican
troops. The only casualty suffered
by the British forces was one special
Ulster police, who was driving one of
the motorcars carrying the soldiers.
The commandant of the Irish re-
publican army staff was made a pris-
oner and large number of Sim Fem
ers were captured during a search of
the village by the troops.
Three persons were reported TO
have been killed in a skirmish at Let
tercan, in Fermanagh county, at
which British general directed op-
erations from a headquarters on a
hilltop. The British troops are being
welcomed everywhere by the royal
lists.