The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-02
IRISH SUBDUING
IRREGULAR ARMY
Provisional Government
Meeting With Success
in It's Campaign
40 KILLED, l80 HURT
Statement by DeValera
Claims Conflict Is Spreading
in Attacks by Irregulars
In the Assoelated rrear.

by the Associated Press
DUBLIN, July 1.--After a com
paratiyoly quiet night, disturbed
only by the noise of sniplng. the citi-
gems ventured into the streets under
the belief that all was over. But
while on previous days the fighting
was confined to the limited quarter.
hardly any district today was quite
safe and sudden bursts OF snipers'
fire from unexpected places soon
drove the people back TO their hous-
as. Eamonn de Valera and Cathai
Brugha (Charles Burgess), former
minister of defense, are believed TO
be directing operations from the
Gresham hotel
The irregular force have sought to
strengthen their defences in this
area by barricades OF iron bedsteads,
lorries, garden seats and barbed wire
entanglements.
The Four Courts il as much OF a
ruin as the custom house and the
postoffice Is nothing but the bare
walls standing. All documents in
Guiding Wills and court records have
been destroyed
The casualties OF the battle as an
nounced are as follows:
Wednesday. Is killed and 40
wounded; Thursday il killed and 20
woundedi Friday 13 killed. II
wounded.
The insurgents held the police
barracks, the court house and the
coast guards station at Bray, a sea-
side resort about p miles from Dub
lin. They evacuated these today, but
set them afire.
DUBLIN, July There has been
great and spectacular spread OF
Irish civil war, with fighting in pro-
gress in many parts of the Irish
Free State, according to claims is
sued today by Eamonn de Valera,
republican leader. from his head
quarters in the Gresham hotel.
De Valera claimed that the Free
Staters' were under attack by re-
publican irregulars at Listowell,
Foynes, Sibbereen, Abbeyfeale, New
castle, West Broadford, Hoilng and
Charlesville.
lrregulars blew up a bridge south
of Drogehda, cutting railway traf-
fic between Belfast and the south.
Free State troops are active in
number Of counties, especially Done
gal. round up and arresting republic
ans.
There was another outbreak OF
fighting here after a brief lull. The
rebels tried TO bomb another motor
car in Talbot street, but were vn-
successful.
The rebel stronghold in Capel
street was rushed and so men cap
tured by Free Staters.
The plant of tho Examiner at
Cork has been seized, by irregulars.
The rebels now hold the general
poetoffice building in Dublin.
LONDON, July 1.-The military
campaign of the Irish provisional
government to subdue the republic
ans and restore order throughout
the Irish Free State is meeting with
success everywhere, according TO ad-
vices from Dublin and Belfast to-
day
Not only have the regulars de-
feated the republicans in Dublin,
capturing their chief military lead
ers and about ono hundred and
twenty-five privates, but more than
one thousand rebel sympathisers
have been put under arrest in
Donegal county.
According to tho Standard. am
nesty will probably be granted to
Rory" O'Connor, and the rest of
the republican chiefs when irish
conditions have quilted down, on con-
dition that they abide by the will
Of the majority.
DUBLIN. July 1.--Railroad com
munication from Dublin was cut off
in all directions this afternoon. The
rebel army is being strengthened.
Irregulars are communicating
foodstuffs.