[citation needed] With a rich red soil and moderate precipitation (but available ground water irrigation) the agricultural land of Sin el Fil in the early 20th century sprawled into a densely populated suburb.

[1] Collections of archaeological material from this limestone "hogsback" were made from the gullies to the south of the main road on the slopes of forested hills.

[2] Other Jesuits who made collections from the area included Godefroy Zumoffen in 1908, Paul Bovier-Lapierre and Auguste Bergy as well as Mouterde, Gigues, Lorraine Copeland and Peter Wescombe.

E. Passemard  [fr] suggested that two of the trihedral pieces (i.e., composed of three planes) collected by Paul Bovier-Lapierre were Chalossian.

It was the last offensive in Aoun's failed attempt to take control of Christian East Beirut and caused extensive damage and many casualties.