Baldwin is able to assemble an army of eight thousand men with the arrival of a fleet of French and German crusaders.

In the subsequent Battle of Jaffa, he leads a cavalry charge that once again breaks the Egyptian lines and forces the Fatimid forces to flee to Ascalon.

Despite the loss of numerous knights, and the capture of Conrad, Constable of Jerusalem, and death of Stephen of Blois in the final charge from the doomed tower of Ramla, Baldwin is able to profit off the plunder left behind by the fleeing Egyptians.

Odo Arpin of Bourges had inherited the lordship of Dun and become viscount of Bourges between 1092 and 1095 after marrying Matilda of Sully, whose sister Alice is the daughter-in-law of Stephen, Count of Blois.

He may have shared the viscountcy with Matilda's father Gilo.

Odo at some point between 1097 and 1101 had sold his possessions in Bourges and Dun to King Philip I of France for sixty thousand shillings.

This may or may not have been done to finance his crusade.

He had participated in the Crusade of 1101, probably with Stephen of Blois, and had traveled through Constantinople, where he swore a loyalty oath to emperor Alexios I Komnenos.

Odo had been in Jaffa in 1101 and Jerusalem in 1102, and fights in the Second Battle of Ramla, where he is captured.

He is not executed because of his connection to Emperor Alexios, but is instead imprisoned in Ascalon and later Cairo; Alexios arranges for him to be released.

The British mandate officially comes into force on September 29, 1923, making Palestine a distinct political entity for the first time in centuries.

This creates problems and challenges for Palestinian Arabs and Zionists alike.

Both communities realize that by the end of the mandate period size of population and ownership of land will determine the region's future. (Thus, the central issues throughout the mandate period are Jewish immigration and land purchases, with the Jews attempting to increase both and the Arabs seeking to slow down or halt both.)

Jaffa surrenders to the Zionists on May 13 after severe mortar shelling.

Almost its entire Arab population of sixty-five thousand flees, and Jewish immigrants take over a virtually empty city.