3 news for the 27th of October, December
with the books\_this day in full the books also date it 20 October 1975 \_on this day
\_what the books add
Begun in late October 1975 (20 October in de Clerck and Malsagne's chronology), the Battle of the Hotels ran for five months, ending when the Holiday Inn fell on 20-22 March 1976. Traboulsi links its launch to Black Saturday in December.
\_this day in full the books also date it 22 April 1979 \_on this day
\_this day in full the books also date it 31 October 1980, 28 November 1980 \_on this day
\_what the books add
The National Liberal holdouts in Ain el-Remmaneh were led by Elias Hannouche ('Hannache'). Hanf and de Clerck and Malsagne place the end of their autonomy in late October 1980 (de Clerck: Lebanese Forces in control of East Beirut on 31 October); Ménargues dates the decisive Lebanese Forces assault to the second half of November. There may have been two rounds.