1920 Britain today declared martial law in large parts of Ireland in a bid to contain the Irish Republican Army's rebellion.Britain has over 40,000 soldiers in Ireland, and 7000 of the hated black and tans (ex soldiers serving as police), whose brutality has been much criticized in England. Their "retaliations" in search of IRA gunmen has left whole villages ablaze. The IRA's hit-and-run tactics have tied the British Forces in Knots. The British brought in mainland experts to improve army intelligence, and two Sundays ago,in a series of dawn raids,the IRA killed 14 of the experts in their beds. By nightfall 14 Irishmen were dead at the hands of the Black and Tans. Tonight,towns are ablaze in the wake of a massive army clampdown.
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