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DescriptionSiege of Sidney Street – Churchill.jpg
English: The Siege of Sidney Street of January 1911. The caption in the ILN reads: "The home secretary during the fight: Mr Winston Churchill on the scene of the extraordinary "battle" in Sidney Street, off the Mile End Road"
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Source
Photograph from The Illustrated London News of 7 January 1911 (issue 3742; page 6). Article titled "Ball-Cartridges in a London Street: Scots Guards in Action".
Author
Unclear. There are six photographs on the page, and the newspaper states "Photographs by Illustrations Bureau, Record Press and CN"
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