`."System- "System glLO-"System--@Times New Roman--- &2 q`cAmbush at Glenwood       2 qc  @Times New Roman--- 52 `cIntroduction from Chronology         2 Sc  @Times New Roman------------ b2 `:cThe IRA ambush of a police patrol in a Crossley tender at                 --- 2 .cGlenwood  --- 2 c, four    2 `Ocmiles from Sixmilebridge, Co Clare. This ambush resulted in the deaths of six                        2 `Mcpolicemen. Ambush carried out by the Flying Column of the East Clare Brigade                       @Times New Roman--------- .2 `cled by Michael Brennan.      2  c  P2 *.cMajor reprisals by the RIC follow this ambush.              ---  2 c    2 (`c  --------- 2 O` cMore Detail  ---  2 Oc  --- v2 w`GcThe six policemen killed were DI William Clarke, Sgt Michael Mulloy or                 .2 `cMolloy, Con John Doogue      P2 /.c, Con Michael Moran, Con Frank Morris and Con              2 `cWilliam Smith.     2 c   2 c  .2 cTwo others were wounded        2 c  =2 !c(Sgt Egan and Con Selve) and two           12 `cothers escaped uninjured.          2 )c   2 .c   2 3c   w2 `HcThere were 37 men in the ambush party broken into three sections led by                     C2 `%cMichael Brennan (O/C Brigade ASU), Th         @2 #comas McGrath (Brigade V/C) and Joe         @2 `#c(or Austen?) Brennan (Brigade O/C)            2 wc-  2 }c  J2 *cabout half were armed with rifles and the         S2 `0crest (barring scouts) were armed with shotguns.           2 c  42 cThe Crossley came into the          n2 5`Bcexact spot planned by the ambushers which was the reason for the h                    2 5{cigh    2 K` ccasualties.    2 Kc   2 Kc  m2 KAcThere were no casualties on the IRA side and they captured eight                 X2 ``3crifles, six revolvers and a quantity of ammunition.             2 `c   2 `c  82 `c(Brennan says 10 rifles and 7          2 v` crevolvers.)    2 vc   2 vc   2 vc   2 `McMajor reprisals by the RIC followed the ambush with a large number of houses                         2 `Qc(Brennan says 36) burnt that night around the nearby village of Kilkishen and in                          2 `Octhe wider area. The Auxiliaries based in Lakeside Hotel joined in and burnt a                        y2 `Icnumber of houses and the creamery at Bridgetown. A large number of local                     --- .2 `cpeople are arrested and        2 c  2  cinterned.   ---  2 bc  --- 22 `cConstable Morris was from      P2 =.cLancashire in England and Constable Smith was             --- 72 1`cfrom London. The other four        2 1NcRIC men    82 1ckilled were born in Ireland.      ---  2 1wc  ---  2 Y`c  --- 2 `cBack    2 c @Times New Roman---- @ !*`- "Arial--ccbbaa