`."System- "Systemgl̆?ze-"System--@Times New Roman--- )2 x`cThe Battle of Cork       2 xc  @Times New Roman--- ;2 ` cIntroduction from the Chronology          2 pc  @Times New Roman---@Times New Roman--------------- S2 `0cAfter the killing of Lt Colonel Smyth on June 17             --- 2 cth--- 52 c, disturbances break out in         @"Calibri--------- G2 `(cCork City with Crown Forces (mostly BA)             +2 cattacking civilians.      ---  2 Oc  --- 2 ` cMore Detail     2 c  --- a2 `9cDuring these disturbances, James Burke (or Bourke), an ex                2 0c- #2 6cBA soldier from      2 `McCork, is killed by British troops on North Main St in Cork City. The British                        t2 )`Fcwere accused of using Burkes blood to write their regimental name on                   2 )x ca nearby      |2 >`Kcwall. The inquest into Burkes death finds that he was killed by a bayonet                      v2 T`Gcwielding soldier from the BA and it was unjustified. (See Sheehan for                   2 i`Pcconflicting reports of the killing of Burke.) At his funeral, almost 5,000 Cork                     --- 2 ~` cnative ex     2 ~c- 2 ~ cBritish Arm   O2 ~ -cy men and others march behind Burkes hearse.              ---  2 ~c  --- S2 `0cThe killing of Burke leads to brawls between off               2 c- 82 cduty British soldiers and Cork           2 c-  2 ` cnative ex     2 c- O2 -cBritish Army soldiers over the next few days            2 c   2  c  +2  cthis became known as         Y2 `4cthe Battle of Cork. During these disturbances, a             2  cnother ex     2 8c- 2 > cBA soldier,     y2 `IcWilliam McGrath, is shot for no reason from a BA vehicle near North Gate                    ------------ D2 `&cBridge and dies from wounds on July 23          --- 2 crd---  2 c.  2 c  --------- w2 `HcA young IRA man, John P. OBrien, is also killed on the night of July 18                   --- 2 cth---  2 c  2 cby   I2 "`)cBritish machine gun fire in King (now Mac           D2 "&cCurtain) St when he is going to aid a              --- 2 7`cwoman.   ---  2 7c  --- 2 T`RcIn their official Record of the Rebellion, the BA claimed to have killed about 25                        @Times New Roman------ (2 i`cof their attackers       2 ic   2 ic  F2 i'cthis is patently a gross exaggeration.           ---  2 ic  ---  2 `c  --- c2 `cBack    2 c @Times New Roman---c- @ !*`-  "Arial--ccbbaa