sentences:  In the ensuing five-hour gun battle, McKee was wounded and one of his men was killed, along with at least four Protestants.See Battle of St. Matthews
  
  The leadership of the Provisional IRA had always planned to broaden their activities from defensive operations to an offensive campaign aimed at removing British rule from Northern Ireland.This only became practicable, however, after the Catholic community's relationship with the British Army deteriorated rapidly over the course of 1970.