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The Eve of War Excerpt: Bombardment of Alexandria
London and New York dispatches detail English plans to bombard Alexandria if Egypt resists. Forces are staged on Suez Port Said line with 1700 Europeans and 4000 natives. Arabi Pasha resists while European and Turkish powers move fleets and seek mediation, with tensions rising across Alexandria and Constantinople.
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Egypt
London
Bombay
Suez
Ismaila
Port Said
Suez Canal
Seymour
Dervish Rasha
Arabi
England
Constantinople
Abdurrahman Pasha
Council of Ministers
Kadri Pash
Berdan
Gen
Wallace
Alexandria
Ragheb Pasha
Admiral Seymour
London ‘Times
Arabi Pasha
Almead Essad
Lebib Pasha
Dervish Pasha
Cairo
Agincourt
Northumberland
Limasol
Cyprus
Nerissa
Malta
New York
Herald
Servier Pasha
Syria
Hedgbas
Sheik ul-Islam
India
Gen. Wallace
Lord Dufferin
Madrid
Neptune
Devastation
Daily Telegraph
Gibraltar
Berkshire Regiment
U. S
the Herald
Guv. Stone
Farman
France
Amiral Seymour
Invincible
Sultan
Superb
Fort Pharos
Geneva Red Cross
Eastern Telegraph Company
Chiltern
Ras el Tin
Temeraire
Lloyds
Pert Marsa el Karat
Penelope
Monarch
Paris
DeLesseps
Fort Ada
Vice Regal Palace
Fort Gubarrie
House of Lord’s
Granville
House of Lord's
Lord Northbrook