Chronology
January 1890
Sarah Aaronsohn is born in Palestine, then part of the Ottoman Empire
March 1914
Sarah marries Haim Abraham and moves to Constantinople
August 1914
Outbreak of World War I
November-December 1915
Sarah returns home to Palestine and witnesses the Armenian genocide during her journey
June 1916
Sarah's brother Aaron sets out for England to offer the services of a Jewish spy ring in Palestine to aid the British in their war with the Ottoman Empire
January 1917
With no word from Aaron, Avshalom Feinberg, a Jewish spy, attempts a crossing of the Sinai Desert to reach the British lines, but is killed by Bedouin. Sarah is now in charge of the spy ring.
February 1917
A British spy ship makes contact with Sarah and her spy ring, code-named Nili and, for the next eight months, Sarah and her spies supply crucial intelligence about the Ottoman forces to the British
October 1917
Sarah is captured by the Ottomans