Contras, the Eretz Israel workers’ newspaper, announces that the Defense Committee has decided that the diary of Yosef Trumpeldor will be considered the offical Hagana in the north. Trumpeldor describes in his diary the events in the settlements… 4 January, 1920: A desision is made the workers’ meeting to remain in place, cpme what may. 5 January: Reports that Tel Hai has 26 men and 18 guns. There are 18 men an 16 girls in Kfar Giladi. We are missing shoes, underwear and blankets. The outcome of the II adar battle: six casualties, Yosef Trumpeldor among them, the abandonment of the settlements.