Bombardment of Alexandria
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title:
Bombardment of Alexandria
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The Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt by the British Mediterranean Fleet took place on 11–13 July 1882. Admiral Beauchamp Seymour was in command of a fleet of fifteen Royal Navy ironclad ships which had previously sailed to the harbor of Alexandria to support the khedive Tewfik Pasha amid Ahmed 'Urabi's nationalist uprising against his administration and its close ties to British and French financiers. He was joined in the show of force by a French flotilla as well. The move provided some secur
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1882 battle of the Anglo-Egyptian War
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardment_of_Alexandria
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2024-02-22T20:00:34Z
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