The famous siege of Sidney Street, Jan 1911

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The famous siege of Sidney Street, Jan 1911
The famous siege of Sidney Street, Jan 1911
Year: 1911
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Gunmen, resisting arrest, had barricaded themselves in 100, Sidney Street, and opened fire at the police. A detachment of Scots Guards and several hundred armed police were called out to capture them. Mr. Winston Churchill, the Home Secretary, seen in the photograph directed operations.
Source: The Story of Twenty-Five Years, 1935