September 1919 Time-line
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1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th –Anglo-French meeting at Deauville in northern France called by Lloyd George to discuss details of British troop withdrawal from Syria. Lord Allenby stressed the economic importance of Great Britain retaining control of the headwaters of the Jordan and the Yarmuk River. Lloyd George wanted Lake Tiberias to remain in British control. Neither of these claims were in line with the details of the Sykes-Picot Agreement, but GB had already abandoned the specific content of this agreement. This was simply a continuation of the British movement away from the terms of Sykes-Picot. 11th 12th 13th - The British gave the French a document stating that Great Britain would withdraw from Syria and Cilicia but not Palestine, which area they defined according to the ancient boundaries of Dan to Beersheba. This border line became known as the Deauville line. 14th 15th - Clemenceau accepted British withdrawal from Syria but did not accept the suggested changes to the border of Palestine. He reiterated the same rejection a month later, citing the terms of the Sykes-Picot Agreement as the source of the legal boundary line for Palestine. 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th |
*Hughes,
1999, 150-53.
*McTague, 1982, 102-05.
*McTague, 1982, 102-05.