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Show FIERCE BATTLE FOUGHT IN EflIN Lord Mayor MacSweny. on j Hunger Strike, Gets Week; to Live CORK, Aug 27 a fierce though brief battle wae loiiKbt early this mornlnp at Clonukilty . a seaport fouthw i Cork ivhen flftj men at-1 tacked a imi:ill garrt.ion in tho police barracks. The attackers poured a heavy rifle fire Into tho building and ono bomb was thrown The police re tUmtd r steady fire and the raiders were forced to withdraw No caiualtlee were reported. LONDON, Aug 27. Terance Mac-Bweney, Mac-Bweney, lord mayor of Cork, today begun the fifteenth day of his hunger strike in much the same condition as csterday. He wan seak this morning but was conscious and able to sp?ak a little It was said Mavor MacSweney might live another week If his lungs have not been attacked as a result, of a previous pre-vious Illness. oo |