General Maxwell pays tribute to soldiers during Easter rebellion
Dublin, 22 July 1916 - General Sir John Maxwell has paid tribute to the conduct of the troops who served in Dublin during the recent rebellion.
In a dispatch to London he particularly commended the ‘steadiness’ of those troops who had less than three months’ service: ‘I am glad to report that the conduct of the troops was admirable; their cheerfulness, courage and good discipline, under the most trying conditions, was excellent.’
[Editor's note: This is an article from Century Ireland, a fortnightly online newspaper, written from the perspective of a journalist 100 years ago, based on news reports of the time.]
