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[8][9], Northern Ireland Historical Enquiries Team, "Deaths of three Newry nationalists 'a tragedy' - Irish Republican News - Fri, Dec 2, 2011", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1971_Newry_killings&oldid=982067436, Massacres committed by the United Kingdom, Military actions and engagements during the Troubles (Northern Ireland), Terrorist incidents in the United Kingdom in 1971, October 1971 events in the United Kingdom, Terrorism committed by the United Kingdom, People killed by security forces during The Troubles (Northern Ireland), Articles needing additional references from January 2017, All articles needing additional references, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 6 October 2020, at 00:11. [9] The action lasted for 10 to 30 minutes,[8][9] and was assessed by the British Army as the most intense gun battle ever in South Armagh. [1] Eight shells overshot the RUC station in Corry Square, but one 50-lb shell landed directly on a Portakabin containing a temporary canteen. [4] In yet another incident, an RAF Wessex was hit nine times over Croslieve mountain, west of Forkhill, in 1983, by rounds fired from a .50 Browning machine gun, allegedly recovered by the IRA from an Allied aircraft that crashed on Lough Neagh during World War II. : Put new text under old text. The report found there to be a "question mark" over the British Army's conduct. The Irish Troubles broke out in August 1969 after the Battle of the Bogside and the Belfast August 1969 riots. The 1985 Newry mortar attack was an attack carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) station in Corry Square, Newry, Northern Ireland. English Articles. The Battle of Newry Road was a running gun battle between British helicopters and Provisional Irish Republican Army armed trucks, fought along the lanes east … After this there were further clashes with locals and the army, with the army firing CS gas and baton rounds at the mourners.[8][9]. During the Falls Curfew of July 1970 the British Army killed four Catholic civilians,[3] the next year in August 1971 (when internment was being introduced) during the Ballymurphy Massacre they shot dead eleven civilians including a Catholic priest and a 50-year-old mother of eight. Other troops were delivered near the farm where the other truck had been concealed, only to find that the vehicle and its occupants had vanished. He was still at large and living in the area at the time of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. There were plans to purchase a Skyship 600 Airship in the role of flying command post to improve co-ordination from a safe height. This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Battle of Newry Road article. One of the men arrested was Jim Martin, who had recently been part of a scheme to smuggle anti-aircraft missiles from the United States. [5], The Libyan shipments of weapons for the IRA in the mid-1980s included 18 DShKs 12.7mm machine guns, which further enhanced the anti-aircraft capabilities of the South Armagh Brigade. The men were arrested, but the security patrol was suddenly overwhelmed by a stone-throwing crowd of 40 people, who forcibly released the suspects. They later slipped away in another car,[10] but the soldiers were powerless to intervene since they were not carrying weapons[8] and the officer in charge of the operation was not sure whether the men were the same ones who had driven the van. Between 1973 and early 1978 a total of 71 mortar attacks were recorded, none of which resulted in direct British Army or RUC fatalities. [6], Another incident occurred on 20 February 1990, when an IRA team composed of at least 20 volunteers attempted to attack a helicopter at Newtownhamilton, but their efforts where thwarted when a van, a car, and several masked men manning a light machine gun were spotted by a RAF Wessex in a reconnaissance mission. Two other escorts, Lynx 5 and Lynx 7, came to support their colleagues. Ask questions, get answers. It will enhance any encyclopedic page you visit with the magic of the WIKI 2 technology. [5] Although not involved in the attack, Newry IRA member Eamon Collins was arrested shortly afterwards and interrogated. [5], The Libyan shipments of weapons for the IRA in the mid-1980s included 18 DShKs 12.7mm machine guns, which further enhanced the anti-aircraft capabilities of the South Armagh Brigade. Other troops were delivered near the farm where the another truck has been concealed, only to found that the vehicle and its occupants had vanished. ISBN 1-84415-956-6. [8][9] In November 1986 the IRA launched a second attack at the RUC station in Newry, but the bombs fell short of their target and landed on residential houses. You could also do it yourself at any point in time. [7], On 23 September 1993,[8] approximately at 2 pm, members of the IRA's South Armagh Brigade deployed five armed trucks in different positions around the Crossmaglen barracks. [5] The death toll was the highest inflicted on the RUC in its history. 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British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher described the attack as "barbaric", while Irish Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald said it was "cruel and cynical", and pledged the help of Irish security forces to catch those responsible. The Provisional IRA, in particular the South Armagh Brigade, had repeatedly used home-made mortars but with limited success. In later searches in the area, security forces recovered two AK-47 and a Heckler & Koch rifles and two light machine guns. [10] The medal won by Sergeant Wyatt was sold at Bosleys auction house for more than £100,000 in June 2011. The attack was jointly planned by members of the South Armagh Brigade and an IRA unit in Newry. Reserve Constable Sean Brian McHenry, aged 19;