`."System- "System gl܂ϊ-"System--@Times New Roman---@Times New Roman--------- .2 q`cAmbush at Upton Station        ---  2 q4c  @Times New Roman--- 52 `cIntroduction from Chronology         2 Sc  ------------ %2 `cAn IRA ambush of        2 ca  .2 ctrain carrying British          2 ct 2  croops at   ---  2 cUpton Station      --- 2 t c(between     b2 `:cCork and Bantry) goes badly wrong due to bad intelligence.                 2 5c   2 :c  "2 ?cEight civilian      D2 `&cpassengers are killed and ten wounded.           2 c   2 c  >2 "cThree IRA men are also killed and          @Times New Roman------ )2 `cthree badly wounded.       2  c ---  2 c  --------- 2 *` cMore Detail  ---  2 *c  --- 2 R`OcThis was an attempt to repeat the successful (from an IRA point of view) train                    ------ =2 g`!cambush carried out at Drishanbeg           2 gpc   2 gzc  2 gcsee  2 gcFeb    2 gc- 2 gc11   2 gc- 2 gc21/1.  ---  2 gc  ---@Times New Roman--------------- #2 `cThe IRA ambush p       I2 )carty of 14, led by Charlie Hurley (O/C, 3           --- 2 7crd---  2 Ac   2 FcCork Brigade)      2 `Mcwere expecting 12 to 15 BA soldiers on the train but they had been joined by                         @2 `#cnearly 50 more at Kinsale Junction.            2 nc   2 sc  I2 x)cAlso, unlike Drishanbeg, the BA soldiers           --- D2 `&cwere dispersed throughout the train.         ---  2 c  --- 2 `cWhen    2 c  w2 Hcthe train drew into the station, the ambushers opened fire but were met                    |2 `Kcwith a large fusillade of fire from the BA soldiers on the train. The IRA                     p2 #`Ccfatalities were Pat O'Sullivan, Sean Phelan and Bartholomew Batt                 2 8`cFalvey.     2 8c   2 8c  ;2 8 cDan O'Mahony is also wounded (an        >2 8"cd dies a few years later from his          2 N`cwounds).   2 Nc   2 Nc  m2 NAcCharlie Hurley is also badly wounded as is John (Sean) Hartnett.                 2 Nc   2 Nc   2 Nc   2 v`OcThere are eight civilian fatalities. They are James Byrne, John Spiers, Thomas                   m2 `AcPerrott and Charles Johnston who all die on the day. William Fin                 2 Ocn, Mary Hall,      e2 `<cJohn Sisk and Richard Arthur all die in the following days.                   2 5c   ,2 `cOHalpin and Corrin         2 "c  Y2 '4ccomment In terms of civilian casualties inflicted,             w2 `Hccombined with their own losses, this was one of the most disastrous IRA                     ------ 22 `cambushes of the conflict.      ---  2 ,c  ---  2 `c  "Arial--ccbbaa