(the) Sidney Street siege
- (the) Sidney Street siege
the Sidney Street siege [the Sidney Street siege]
an incident that took place in the ↑
East End of London in 1911. Two ↑
anarchists (= people who believe there should be no laws or government) were trapped and finally killed in a house surrounded by police officers and soldiers. It is mainly remembered because Winston
Churchill, who was then ↑
Home Secretary, directed the police operation personally,
and was much criticized for it.
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