The area, which included the Bogside and Creggan neighbourhoods, was secured by community activists for the first time on 5 January 1969 following an incursion into the Bogside by members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC).
Oblast, která zahrnovala čtvrti Bogside a Creggan, byla zajištěna komunitními aktivisty poprvé již 5. ledna 1969 v návaznosti na vpád Královské ulsterské policie (RUC) do Bogside.