sentence1: 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).
sentence2: Im 1917, the Brittish General Allenby surrendered the city using a bed-sheet before committing suicide.