Evening star., 1922-06-29
REBELS HOLD FORT;
IRISH WAR SPREADS
TONEW LOCATIONS
Insurgent Shippers in Other
Parts of Dublin Cause
Terror.
FOUR COURTS BUILDING
LOSES LIGHT AND WATER
Guerrilla Warfare Now Hardest
Problem for Free Staters.
City Entirely Isolated.
By the Associated Press.


; BY the Associated Press
LONDON, June 20 (5:2O p.m1.-
Fighting In the streets of Dublin
fs increasing In intensity, says n
Central News dispatch from the
Irish capital mt this hour. Irregu-
lars ON the Outskirts of the be-
sfesed Four Courts district are
receiving refnforcements. the mes
| sage says.
Three civilians were killed in to-
| days fighting. bringing the total
! number Of dend to nineteen. Busi-
ness houses as well ms bnnlHs are
| closing, and the newspapers have
supcnded publication.
LONDON, June 29.-Fresh terms were
offered the insurgents in the Four Courts
! in Dublin today. says a Dublin dispatch
to the Evening News. but they refused
| to surrender. andsafter two hours delay
| firing was resumed The early evacua-
ton of the stronghold is expected, how
ever. as the water and light have been
| cut off,
Casualties Mount Hourly.
DUBLIN. June 29.-Rory OConnor's 8
band Of insurgent Irish republican army
men was still holding out in it's Four
Courts stronghold at noon today against
! the continuing attempts Of the free state
troops to dislodge it.
Firing was in progress all the fore
noon, and there was an especially heavy
burst OF fire at IL o'clock. Sniping
operations were almost incessant, with
the casualties, estimated this forenoon
hnV h,, H..
The insurgents have extended their
operations in other parts of the city.
Shortly before noon an ambush Of
Free state troops was reported from
College Green and the irregulars
were fortifying various outposts. A
! party OF Free State forces. on the
watch Tor insurgent activities, pour
ed voiley into public house in the
vicinity of yesterdays ambush.
! Rebels Make New Attacks.
| One OF the outlying places seized by
the irregulars was the Sackville
Street Club, an old-fashioned, aristo-
cratic country gentlemen's club near
the Nelson pillar. In addition to the
insurgents. their sympathizers in
several parts of the city, acting as
snlpers, made many attacks on Free
State soldiers.
Meanwhile the replies from o'con-
nor's men to the firing on the -Four
; Courts were feeble. The garrison,
which is believed to number about
! i5o, Is said, however. to have un-
limited supplies Of ammunition and
plenty of provisions
The prospect was that the opera
tlons at the Four Courts would in
creaseingly assume the character OF
an Investment. The building lends
itself peculiarly to defensive pur-
poses, and it is considered unlikely
that the Free State troops will, at
least for the present, attempt to take
1t by assault
Guerrilla Warfare Looms.
The most menacing feature of the
situation from the provisional gov
| ernment standpoint is the fact that
| the insurgents are developing ac-
tlvltles along guerrilla lines, partic-
| ularly in the form of ambushes.
In other parts of the country the
provisional government also has mill
tary anairs on it's hands, In Droe-
neoa the insurgents who are occupy
ing the round tower fort on the hill
! commanding the town have been in
vested by the Free State troops in
the same way as at the Four Courts m
! in Dublin. The Drogheda position Of
the irregulars is regarded as nm
| usually strong.
| From other parts of Ireland there
are many rumors of insurgent action.
| but the reports are difficult of CON.
firmatfon. as Dublin is completely
|! isolated.
! The irregular Irish forces have can
tured seventeen soldiers of the nrn-
N1sional government. Dominick street
area, according to report late this
afternoon. which could not be officially
, confirmed.
Rush Out Manifestos.
Both sides have been active in the
issuance of manifestos, three state,
ments having been given out by the
government within twenty-four hours.
while both Rory O'Connor and Eamonn
De Valera have made appeals to the
people for support. Mr.. De valera's
paper, the Republic of Ireland, which
issued OConnor's communiQue as a
stop press supplement, was posted on
walls in various part Of the city. The
communiQue was accompanied BY an
editorial statement, saying:
I'm Rory OConnor and his COM
rades lives the unbought and in
domita5le soul Of Ireland" Erskine
Childers, who was defeated for re-
election to parliament. is still editing
! this journal.
Richard Mulcahy, dali minister of
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