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ORDER FOUR-DAy
Truce IN IRELAND
Rival Armies Agree to Sus.
pend HostiIitieS.
Fight QUICKLY FELLOWS
Party of irregular Troops Attack Gus
tom House Guard Wounding OHcer
Casualties at Kilkenny.

Dublin. May "a trace between thu
rival Irish Republican army force n;I'
been declared. i, Wis announced.
The truce i nl,trg1iN" from / "'''l"ri
Thursday afternoon until l.. NJ. Mon
day. with II view Ia giving both SEC
lions of the army an Immediate "p
porIunuy To discuss Il bass for army
unitication.
The provisions "t The llu~@ are:
Clause ALL operations eNr"p,
training and ordinary army r"ulinC
will cease.
Clause AL Preventative "prral."n-
will cease.
Clause :s-Bn1il sections Will coop
crate to maintain order and proven!
acts of aggression against persons ul
property.
The document is signed Icy over
O'Dutry and Riun Lynch. lhr chiefs of
staff of the rival forces.
ON The heels Of HE declaration ri
The truce IL party of irregular troops
raidcd the guard room in the Gus
toms house. occupied b! Il sergeant
and six regulars of the Free SIat,
forces. Shots were fired and Il ser
geimt of the regulars WIS severely
wounded. The remainder Of The uar'
was diSarmcd by the irrc@uIarS. who
then decamped
Some difficulty in calling off opera
lions was said IL have arisen hrr;,ll~,
the official troops have been rn@;:g'''
in the pursuit of Offenders char-.'''
with murder including the authors "t
The death Of General AdalnSnn. at Alh
lone. hut il was conlendrd The lrtir,
must cover all helligcrenl>.
Republican flags We're Healing oven
the Offices of the port board and lii,
Kildare street club. which The irr'%u
lars were still occupying
Ten members Of The regular 1t ~h
Republican army forces were wound
ell during The two-day operations III
Kilkenny, says a statement from The
Beggars Bush headquarters. There
We're some casualties AMONG the ir
regular forces, and los prisoners wrr,
lakeR
The statement from The regular ar
my at .BeggarS' Bush headquarters ON
The Kilkenny fighting reaGs:
Kilkenny Castle last of the nine
posts held by the irregular forces in
I Kilkenny CITY, surrendered at o'clock
"Wednesday evening. The regulars
opened an assault, enfilading the castle
by. machine gun and riff, fire. At
about ) r. VI. a small party of troops
smashed the panels of the entrance
gates with the butts of their rifles.
when the soldiers rushed the en-
trance ana called on the irresuarS tn
surrender, machine gun fire was open
Led upon them. wounding two members
| of tliealrIA seriously and obliging The
remainder 10 retflS. taking their com.
rades with them
The attack caIltinl.e ed and when TO-
ward T.. M. the replying fire weaken
ed the gate was again rushed. Three
more regulars We're wounded in the
adxance Intermittent firing cOntinu-
ell until o'clock when the last as
| snlllt. was made.
"On entering, the party of troops
smashed the remaining barriers and
an aImored car was driven through
the passage into the courtyard from
which guns were trained on the viii
dows. Parties OF troops rushed for
ward and ce'ered the exits from the
castle TO the courtyard.
"The defending parties of irregulars
then surrendered and, together with
all their arms md ammunition. We're
taken to the military barracks.
''Ten regulars were wounded and
there We're some casualties among the
irregularS. Prisoners 10 The number
of Jos were taken
Other reports say there was fierce
hand-to-hand fighting inside the castle
after the gate was burst open. The
final assault was headed by an armor
ed car, which participated in The
struggle inside the gate.
Ir is stated that eight men We're
wounded in this fight. \ /: irl was Sc
riously wounded by Il Sniper during
the day.