An Unissued Proclamation Of Martial Law By Lieutenant General Holmes During The Lebanese Crisis (Nov. 1943) Buy Now It displays a nice texture It displays a nice texture in the wool and quality workmanship McEwen is buried in St This unpublished proclamation poster is testimony to the fact that the British were in fact ready and willing to declare British martial law to establish a freely elected Lebanese government 1943 by William George Holmes to the lebanese citizens and all troops stationed in Lebanon in response to the British threat to declare martial law following the illegal arrest of the newly elected Ministers of the Lebanese Government by the French Delegate General