What is recorded here
Thirty-six riflemen waited in the dark beside the Macroom road, ready to break the Auxiliary Division's claim of invincibility. They killed sixteen veteran officers in minutes, proving that the elite force could bleed like anyone else. The victory snapped British morale in West Cork and forced the war into a new, sharper phase.
Kilmichael Ambush is an ambush in County Cork, Ireland.
- Date
- 1920-11-28
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