100 years since burning of Cork by British forces Updated / Friday, 11 Dec 2020 13:40 "In all my life and in all tales of fiction that I have read, I have never experienced such orgies of murder, arson and looting as I have witnessed during the past 16 days with the RIC Auxiliaries. It baffles description and we are supposed to be officers and gentlemen. There are quite a number of decent fellows and likewise a number of ruffians." This extract from an intercepted letter written by Charles Schultze - one of the approximately 1500 ex-British army officers who joined the RIC Auxiliary Divisio...