| 词条 | Pickardstown ambush |
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The Pickardstown Ambush, an action in the Irish War of Independence, took place near the town of Tramore, County Waterford on the night of 6 January 1921. The ambush was conceived by Paddy Paul, the leader of the IRA East Waterford Brigade, who gathered Volunteers from the local Dunhill and Waterford City units of his command, as well as the West Waterford flying column led by George Lennon. This made for a total of fifty men although several were armed only with shotguns. An attack was made on the RIC barracks in the town, and the British military garrison in Waterford City quickly dispatched forty troops in four Crossley tenders. However the ambush had been badly planned with the result that the British troops were able to make a determined counterattack, ultimately killing two IRA men and wounding two more. One British soldier and one Black and Tan were wounded. A memorial was later erected on the ambush site. In later years, local GAA fields were named after the two dead IRA men. Sources
6 : Military actions and engagements during the Irish War of Independence|History of County Waterford|British Army in the Irish War of Independence|January 1921 events|1921 in Ireland|Ambushes |
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