sentences:  The only regret that we had following the ambush was that there were only two policemen in it, instead of the six we had expected...
  
  As a result of the action, South Tipperary was placed under martial law and declared a Special Military Area under the Defence of the Realm Act.After another member of the Soloheadbeg ambush party, Seán Hogan, who was just 17, was arrested on 12 May 1919, the three others (Treacy, Breen and Séumas Robinson) were joined by five men from the IRA's East Limerick Brigade to organise Hogan's rescue.Hogan was brought to the train which was intended to bring him from Thurles to Cork city on 13 May 1919 — his escort grinning at him as he told the ticketmaster