...everything." Arabi replied — " Sincere thanks. Assurances consolatory, but not sufficient under the existing circumstances. The defence of Egypt requires the temporary destruction of the canal." From an English point of view we cannot blame him. He was really a great Frenchman, a redoubtable foe,...

...everything.' To which Arabi replied : ' Sincere thanks. Assurances consolatory, but not sufficient under the existing circumstances. The defence of Egypt requires the temporary destruction of the Canal.' 1 A Conference of Ambassadors was held at Constantinople An abortive (June- August 1882), much against...

...English soldier shall disembark without being accompanied by a French soldier." To which Arabi replied: "Sincere thanks. Assurances consolatory, but not sufficient...requires the temporary destruction of the Canal." This temporary destruction having been averted by the action of the British Government in August, 1882,...

...everything." Arabi replied— "Sincere thanks. Assurances consolatory, but not sufficient under the existing circumstances. The defence of Egypt requires the temporary destruction of the canal." From an English point of view we cannot blame him. He was really a great Frenchman, a redoubtable foe,...

...him. But in a war council at Kafr Dawar, his generals overruled him. "Sincere thanks," they replied. "Assurances consolatory, but not sufficient under...requires the temporary destruction of the Canal." 16 That night, Urabi sent an order to Ismailia for the dynamiting of ships in the Canal. With the telegraph...