1911 PRIME TARGET
A young Winston Churchill, then Home Secretary, observes the Sidney Street siege in London. Police surround a flat in Stepney in the East End after reports of criminals – wanted for the murder of three police ofcers a month before – hiding there. A six-hour gunfight ensues with soldiers called in, armed with superior weaponry, to aid police. The siege ends when a fire breaks out, killing the two fugitives.
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