SIEGE OF SIDNEY ST—AMAZING STREET BATTLE IN MILE END

THE 1911 ‘Siege of Sidney Street’ was reported at the time under the East London Advertiser’s headline: AMAZING STREET BATTLE IN MILE END—Guards, Artillery, Armed Police and Firemen Held at Bay—Astounding scenes in attempt to arrest two murderers. This unremarkable turning became one of the most notorious thoroughfares on January 3, 1911, after a 13-hour siege ...more.

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