b   `."System- "System glL_-"System--@Times New Roman--- )2 x`cThe Scramogue Ambush        2 x,c  @Times New Roman--- 52 `cIntroduction from Chronology         2 Sc  @Times New Roman--- 2 ` cThe flying c    j2 ?columns of the North and South Roscommon Brigades under Patrick                    V2 `2cMadden (O/C South Roscommon Brigade) ambush a nine                  2 c- 2 $cman   2 K cCrown Forces      2 c  --------- ^2 `7cpatrol (Ninth Lancers and RIC) in a Crossley tender at               --- 2  cScramogue   ---  2 nc  2 sc(on the     2 ` cStrokestown     2 c-  2 cLongford road)      2 9c. 2 >c  2 F cThis ambush      2 c  "2 cresults in the     ,2 cdeath of five members       @Times New Roman------ 2 `cof the   2 cCrown     2 c   2 cF  2 corces.   2 c   2  c ---  2 c  --- 2 .` cMore Detail    2 .c  --- |2 V`KcThe six killed included two army officers (Capt Rodger Peek and Lieut John                    @Times New Roman--------------- .2 l`cTennant both from the 9       --- 2 g!cth---  2 l*c  S2 l/0cQueens Royal Lancers), an RASC driver (Private             ------ (2 `cJohn Kennan) and on     82  ce RIC man (Con Edward Leslie).          2  c   2 c ---  2 c  --- 2 `McIn addition, after the ambush, two men in civilian clothes approached Madden                        [2 `5cand told them that they were prisoners on the tender.              2 c   2 c  ,2  cUnder questioning, it       s2 `Ecturned out that they were RIC men under arrest for wrecking a church                    2 q cin Elphin        2 `c-  2 fc  X2 k3cboth (Constable Robert Buchanan and Constable James              2 c  (2 cEvans) were killed     2 c   2 c  ------ 22 `cSee Lesson (2012), pgs 150        2 9c- 2 ?c151.  2 bc   2 lc ---  2 qc  ------------ 82 '`cCapt Peek, who commanded the 9         --- 2 "ccth---  2 'lc  .2 'qcLancers at Strokestown,        2 '0c  2 '5cCo.   2 'Qc  2 'V cRoscommon     m2 =`Achad threatened to burn every house within five miles if one of hi                  2 =W cs men were   --- 2 R`ckilled.    2 Rc ---  2 Rc  --- 2 z`McThere were 39 men in the ambush party armed with 17 rifles, 2 or 3 revolvers                     #2 `cand 20 shotguns.      2 c   2 c  ^2 7cAmong the IRA who took part were 'Cushy' Hughes, Frank             ------------ G2 `(cSimons and Luke Duffy, Sean Leavy (O/C 3            --- 2 crd---  2 c  22 cBattalion North Roscommon          %2 `cBrigade), Martin     X2 3cFallon (O/C Flying Column North Roscommon Brigade).                  2 c  2 cThe  --- d2 `;cIRA captured a substantial number of arms and ammunition.                 ---  2 Kc  --- w2 `HcTwo men from the North Roscommon brigade (Pat Mullolly and Brian Nagle)                      q2 `Dcwho had taken part in the ambush were arrested after the ambush. Pap                   2 p cers found    2 #`Pcon them revealed that Pat Mullollys brother, Michael, was an IRA officer. The                     }2 9`Lcnext day, Michael Mullolly was taken out of his home by the Auxiliaries and                     D2 N`&cshot dead. (See Lesson (2012), pgs 218           2 Nc- G2 N(c219 for further detail.) Six prisoners            2 c` cbeing held     j2 c?cin the demesne house in Strokestown were attacked and savagely                    j2 y`?cbeaten by British Army soldiers on the evening of the ambush.                     2 yWc  --------- g2 `=cBoth Pat Mullolly and Nagle were charged with murder but, on                 2 VcMay   2 zc  2 c24 --- 2 cth--- 2 c,   \2 `6cMullolly managed to escape from Athlone barracks. Nagl               ,2 ce got sentenced to 15        --- %2 `cyears in prison.     ---  2 c  --- 2 `cBack    2 c @Times New Roman---- @ !*`- "Arial--ccbbaa