Three police patrols were ambushed by Sinn Fein rebels last
week. On June 1st at Clonmore, Kerry, four policemen were killed and three badly wounded. On June 2nd, near Westport, Mayo, six policemen were killed and four fatally injured, and on the same day near Borrisokane, Tipperary, four policemen were killed and five wounded. In each case the police were hopelessly outnumbered by their hidden assailants. In Dublin on Saturday Sinn Feiners threw bombs at unarmed soldiers in a motor-car and, missing them, killed and wounded a number of harmless civilians who were in the street. More isolated murders of civilians as well as of policemen are reported. Ex-soldiers and Protestants are being exterminated in Southern Ireland. Near Millstreet, Cork, on Monday, parties of troops surrounded a large gang of rebels and captured over a hundred armed men.
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