New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-08
Sharp Fighting
MARKS Roundup
OF Irish Rebels
Free Stasers EncircIing Foe.
Beyond Dublin and Dri,.
ing Them to Towns wher.
De Valera May Be Hidin,
Insurgents Holding Cork
50Mile Line Of Irregular,
Broken in Wicklow; Bar.
ricades in Capital Dow,


Copyright. 1921. New York Trlss,. T..
DUBLIN. July 7,-Free Stat ,,.s,,
sent out from Dublin % round ID q.
republicans in the provinces, ran h..
nghs to-day In County weklsv
where the insurgents, under Rleh,,.
Barton and Harry Boland, op.r.,I,,
from six bases. formed a line .x,.,l
ing fifty mile, Provisional govern.
ment troops from currsgh ,.,se.,.
and, driving a wedge into The Ir,srs,n
lines. took thirty prisoners.
Other Free Statsrs are nsv,.
Blessington and Bri,ts.. wher, Esns.
de Valera Is reported % making . ~.
stand after his escape before o. u,.
render in Dublin.
There was q sharp confie, a ps,,.
where Free State general. NI,s..i
Doekery, was shot dead and tso 49,.
seriously wounded. Later "A, y,..
statsrs with an srmored car s,irsi b.
upper hand.
Free staters Report Victories
Bulletins issued By the prov.,lsr.,
government show the following res,It,
sligo barracks and hvs prisoners es,-
tured; republican attack or the uso,s
barracks repulssd; a, Msynoo.h tysn.,
republicans captured; attack on y.
station at Drogkeca repulssd; At Nan,
thirty-three republicans captured; a
Dslvin six republicans With a lsrp
store Of bombs and ammunition taks,
and twenty republicans rounded "
near Dublin.
A big enyeloping movement bern
to-day against the republican gSrri.s
AZ Inch Fort, Donegal. After BATH
AZ Tullamore republicans occupied ca.
wyn Castle and Rosmssd Mansion.
Rebels Control Cork
There has been no definite nsv, 4
the situation a. Cork, but from "
publican sources IL was learned Ia
he irregilars are In complete eon,fi
Al the Sligo hght u vas said tat
Brigadier Henegan, another Free sab
officer, was seriously wounded.
In Dublin the barrieades vcs ~
moved to-day and The suv.tir
started running ss usual, vita s,ly y,
easionsl funerals and vrecat bsiN.
iues 20 tell the story Of me sgAttf.
The death OF Cathal Brugha, v,sntst
trying % escape from TIE 0cst..
street area a. the time Of the fspss
liean surrender. cast a gloom ever N
city, where his sincerity and sdhsrsts
70 principls were seknoTlsdgsi :
friend and foe alike.
II Is established that the eafsilts
OF the Dublin fighting are u lead ~
PSI wounded, with about seven ksst'x
prisoners taken By the free "a,
forces.
DUBLIN, July 7 (By The A.'oe:,.s
Press).-The activities Of the fn
State forces in the provinces, a. iss'
Gated by the latest Official repor'' an
meeting with success. The ene.ftli,f
movement in the hills south Of DAB
lin Is driving bands Of Irregular 80
Ble.sington, where they are pfaetieiS
ly invested, with the national irpef,
holding part Of the town. The oi.
number OF irregulars in Blessingien y
placed az more than BOO. Ihen an
persistent rumors that canon es w
EZRA and Erskine Childers have zee,
seen in this district, bat these %"
not been verified.
J. Boland Captured
Harry Boland's brother, J. Bolsrt
was captured to-day after a brisk tffi
AZ farmhouse two miles norih q
Blessington, whence the rebels se
Boland, with eleven others, drove v
10 the farmhouse later, sBpposing u
20 be still In the hands Of the lrrer.,,
lars, and the whole party was esp.sM
with a quantity Of arms brigtem
General Macdonald, commanding W
lrregulars, also was captured.
A quantity Of books and deeurs,1
untouched by the FIRE which stxhes
the recent fighting in the Four Oo.,.
Building, were discovered to-day. !.
room In which the doeumen" "
found had been occupied By KY
O'Connor. the republican eomn,fes,s
and his secretary. during the sisss .
the Four Courts. A.
The room. which is uncsrnes1 ~
western angle OF the library ana ~
formerly a part OF the ehsnsd,
Chief Justice Molony, was IN ~ ns.
OF the Are, and the finding Of us -
pers unchanged is causing nsth ~ ~
der. They have been removes !" w
lin Castle.