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to fight in Ireland for Ireland, instead of on the Continent for England. Such insurrectionary warfare would be conducted upon lines and under conditions for which text books made no provision. In short, it means barricades in the streets, guerrilla warfare in the country. To all who are prepared to face that ordeal rather than shed their blood for the tyrant and exploiter we appeal to join our Citizen Army. We propose to make that force the best equipped ment- ally in Ireland. We want no parade ground sold- iers. We want young men prepared to die for Freedom in Ireland. (Oct 24 1914) [The Moscow insurrection of 1905] succeeded in establishing the fact that even under modern conditions the professional soldier is, in a city, badly handicapped in a fight against really deter- mined civilian revolutionists. (May 29 1915) [Insurrection in the Tyrol in 1809:] Being compelled to come close in before opening fire the regular soldiery lost their chief advantage over the insurgents and were deprived of the ad- vantages conferred by discipline and efficient control by skilled officers. (June 5 1915) The defence of the Alamo was one of those defeats which are often more valuable to a cause than many loudly trumpeted victories. It gave spirit and bitterness to the Texan forces, and more important still gave time to their comrades elsewhere. Fortunately for their cause also they had in Houston a general who recognised that the act of keeping an insurgent force in the field was in itself so valuable an establishment of the revolutionary position that it gave all the functions and prestige of government. Hence he kept his force in the field without fighting as long as possible, despite the murmurs of his 41