PALESTINE (_see also_ SINAI): the 1st Battle of Gaza, 27 Mh 7; the 2nd ditto, 17 Ap 7; Gen. Allenby succeeds Gen. Murray, 29 Je 7; fighting at Gaza, 14 Jl 7; the British capture Beersheba, 31 O 7; and the defences of Gaza, 1 N 7; a British success north of Beersheba, 6 N 7; they capture Gaza, 7 N 7; a further Turkish defeat, 9 N 7; another at Ascalon, 13 N 7; the British approach Jaffa, 15 N 7; capture it, 17 N 7; approach Jerusalem, 18 N 7; capture Mizpeh, 21 N 7; occupy Hebron, 6 D 7; capture Jerusalem, 9 D 7; formal entry into, 11 D 7; they advance again, 12 D 7, 21 D 7; and shatter Turkish attacks, 27 D 7; capture Ramah and Beitunia, 28 D 7; Bireh, 29 D 7; Bethel, 30 D 7; they advance, 18 Ja 8, 14 F 8; and attack, 19 F 8, 20 F 8; they capture Jericho, 21 F 8; Rujm-el-Bahr, 26 F 8; the Mandesi ford, 26 F 8; cross the Jordan, 22 Mh 8; capture Es Salt, 25 Mh 8; destroy the railway near Amman, 27 Mh 8; attack Amman, 28 Mh 8; again, 30 Mh 8; they retire and evacuate Es Salt, 1 Ap 8; the Turks attack near Jaffa, 10 Ap 8; Arabs seize the Hedjaz railway near Maan, 24 Ap 8; the British advance and recapture Es Salt, 30 Ap 8; they are defeated near Jisr-ed-Damieh, 1 My 8; they withdraw across the Jordan, 3 My 8; capture Turkish positions near the coast, 8 Je 8; the Turks attack, 14 Jl 8; the British attack in force, 19 S 8; win a decisive victory, 20 S 8, 21 S 8, 22 S 8; they capture Acre and Haifa and Es Salt, 23 S 8; Arabs capture Maan, 23 S 8; the British occupy Tiberias and Amman, 25 S 8; Arab forces capture Deraa, 27 S 8; the British take Damascus, 30 S 8; Sidon, 7 O 8; the French occupy Beirut, 7 O 8; the British take Tripoli, 13 O 8; Homs, 15 O 8; an armistice with Turkey signed, 31 O 8 _Pallada_ destroyed, 11 O 4 PANAMA declares war on Austria, 10 D 7 _Paragon_, H.M.S., sunk, 18 Mh 7 Paris, the Govt. leaves, 3 S 4; a Zeppelin raid on, 29 Ja 6; air-raids on, 30 Ja 8, 8 Mh 8, 11 Mh 8, 21 My 8, 22 My 8, 15 Je 8, 27 Je 8, 15 Au 8, 16 S 8; first bombarded by long-range gun, 23 Mh 8; again, 29 Mh 8, 27 My 8 _Partridge_, H.M.S., sunk, 12 D 7 Passchendaele Ridge, the British attack the, 4-12 O 7, 26 O 7, 30 O 7; they capture it, 6 N 7; and evacuate it, 16 Ap 8 _Pathfinder_, H.M.S., sunk, 5 S 4 _Patia_, H.M.S., sunk, 13 Je 8 Peace Conference begins at the Quai d'Orsay, 18 Ja 9; a Council of Four formed, 25 Mh 9; Mr. Wilson makes a statement concerning Fiume, 23 Ap 9; Sig. Orlando leaves Paris, 24 Ap 9; League of Nations adopted, 28 Ap 8; Labour charter adopted, 28 Ap 8