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).
Oblasť ktorá zahŕňala štvrte Bogside a Creggan bola zaistená komunitnými aktivistami prvýkrát už 5. januára 1969 v nadväznosti na vpád Kráľovskej ulsterskej polície (RUC) do Bogside.