Show whitish TROOPS republican commandant IN ULSTER BORDER settlement 18 10 CAPTURED british soldiers enter ulster border land and tako take part in retake free state elate territory from irish republican army arm yo v infantry i cavalry and whippet tanks took part in the first offensive notion action of the british droops on tile uliter borderland aorl tiry v sunday atter poon ivilyn adon which straddles stra dilles the line though a largo part oatho of the toyn town Is in proe free state territory was stormed and re on from croin troops of tile irish republican aminy which alch entered ati may SO 30 reports from belfast describe tit the e border countryside as swarming with wit h while tile the british general di 31 erects the operations from on a 1 hill outside ont tho the town when it became evident that ilia tale british were more moving in force against gov 06 republicans beyan bean be an to withdraw i consequently there was WB lit tie resistance ical stance to parties of soldiers tit in slid and lon on foot who dashed basl led the town it Is anjou announced need that thai the republicans suffered fairly heavy losses but tho sole casualty of tile ilia aide was vas the driver or of a inetor car besides the he republican republic in commandant and staff who were vere taken prisoner when han the troops entered tho the town it la Is reported that it largo number of sinn Fel reiners liers were captured in ill a later cleanup of bettl do of three columns of trOD troops III dilleh sunday ben began ing into tile section of fer a 11 ll county occupied by the southerners two columns tOlu inna operated toward tile other in tho the direction of bellock which tile republicans aft had also occupied military forces sunday yap ap 0 e and captured republican prisoners us it awell all its as it large ago quantity of arms had one ona account acco lint says that after aft er a heay heavy tho british troops storm oil cd in tile afternoon A liot lot glin fire was poured on atle ano attacking ackins alt forces but tile only lily 0 casualty c all u all y was nas an all driver who was aa shot load ten the commander con linander of ahe po irish republican b 1 anny aar awl hla his staff stilt aro are reported report 1 to have been capture cap turN A version n ini 1114 in la IS quoted by tile clio correspondent of 0 tho belfast thiera Tc Iera h who says tile military ed Iett leoo short ly after I 1 lit tho the afternoon and were fired on by the republicans the tha artillery came into and vic tto republicans Public ans aro belloy cl 1 I to havo have suffer ed fairly heavy losses ilia military have consolidate ed the positions border firing was re sinned ed by hering n lit lifford in the course of which a special was shot while on duty nt at camels camela hump |