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Show VALERA CHANGES PLANS ABOUT MAKING STAND National Troops Send 300 Irregulars Scampering Across Hills DUBLIN. August 4. (By the Associated Asso-ciated Press.) The Irregulars have apparently abandoned intentions to make a Ptand on the banks of the river Suir National troops entered Garrlck-Oil-Bulr Thursdav. the 300 Irregulars Ir-regulars who had occupied the town fleeing across the hills toward Dun-parvan Dun-parvan Pefon- the evacuation they destroyed all the Suir bridge. As the government troops had pr-1 pr-1 loualy taken Cahir, west of ("lonmel. they now dominate the way east through the Suir valley toward Water-ford Water-ford and Clonmel, n hih menaced! from two sides, cannoi hold out long. The nationals have already captured! Butkrsiown castle near waterford ! Mulllnahone count;. Tipperary, 1 Wlndgap, gCilkennj and other small1 towns also have been taken by thoi government forces. SURPRISE LANDING Kcnit. where a force of nationals! Thursday made a surprise landing from the sea, U) situated on Tralee bay j In county Kerry and has a station on! the Waterford & Limerick railroad Th'- Free Staters' coup In suddunH placing this force in the rear of the scattered irregulars is expected to have an Important hearing on tho final outcome of the campaign Fenlt is about 65 miles northwest of Cork, the most important citj held by the Irregulars. The official announcement of these o er.it inns says "The national army troops occupied t'arrlck-On-Sulr at U p m.. Thursday. I un me way cieat mg aiiuiuui nuiiui" i shone, N'lne Mile House, Kllmoganyl and Wlndgap of irregulars. The B00 irregulars at Carrick- n-Sulr retreat - ed hurriedly across the mountains, toward Kilmaethomas and Dungarvan blowing up the bridges at Calck-On-j Suir. The two did not suffer appre-ciable appre-ciable damage. IRREGULARS C kPTURED Early Thursdav the national arm! captured ten Irregulars occupying Buib-rstown t astle, neai W aterford City together with 19 rifles and Lewie guns " A band Of irregulars early today en-i tered Sllgo in an armored ear and exploded ex-ploded a bomb at the Ulster bank almost al-most completely wrecking tho building. build-ing. 'o lives were lost Tho armored ar-mored cai engaged iv a machine gun post of national troops, finally retired. re-tired. 00 |