Army warned IRA wanted march to become 'bloodbath'

One of Britain’s most distinguished soldiers today said the Army was warned that the IRA intended to turn the Bloody Sunday march into a “bloodbath“.

General Sir Michael Rose, 63, was a captain and press officer in the 1st Battalion of the Coldstream Guards when British paratroopers killed 13 Catholic men on a Derry civil rights march on January 30, 1972.