premise: On a December day in 1917 , British General Allenby rode up to Jaffa Gate and dismounted from his horse because he would not ride where Jesus walked ; he then accepted the surrender of the city after the Ottoman Turks had fled ( the flag of surrender was a bed-sheet from the American Colony Hotel ) .
hypothesis: In 1917 , the Brittish Generak Allenby surrendered the city using a bed-sheet before committing suicide .