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...
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Archived from the original on 24 May 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013. "Bombardment of Alexandria". Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 11...
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Egyptian Expedition (1882) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
intentions beforehand, Nicholson was able to inform all Americans in Alexandria of the bombardment to allow them to take necessary precautions to protect themselves...
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Anglo-Egyptian War (redirect from War of 1882)
10+1⁄2-hour bombardment of Alexandria on 11 July. The reasons why the British government sent a fleet of ships to the coast of Alexandria is a point of historical...
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most of the Mameluke period, the Ottoman period and the Modern period, but after the British bombardment of Alexandria in 1882, it was kept out of the...
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HMS Condor (1876) (category Victorian-era gunboats of the United Kingdom)
London: Hurst and Blackett, Ltd. pp. 606. 1882 alexandria bombardment. Goodrich, Caspar F (Lt Cdr), Report of the British Naval and Military Operations In...
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HMS Alexandra (redirect from HMS Alexandria (1875))
1878 and the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882. She was affectionately known by her crew as Old Alex. She was named after the Princess of Wales, later...
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The Bombardment of Casablanca (Arabic: قصف الدار البيضاء; French: Le bombardement de Casablanca) was a French naval attack taking place from August 5 to...
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siege of the city and French surrender Greek raid on Alexandria (1825), a raid on Alexandria harbour during the Greek War of Independence Bombardment of Alexandria...
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Specific bombardments Bombardment of Alexandria (1882) Bombardment of Algiers (disambiguation) (several) Bombardment of Brussels (1695) Bombardment of Curaçao...
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Ironclad warship (section Development of naval guns)
ironclads only saw action as part of colonial battles or one-sided engagements like the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882. Defending British interests...
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on Alexandria (1941) – an attack on British shipping by Italian special forces during WWII. Bombardment of Alexandria (1882) Catechetical School of Alexandria...
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European domination of the country. A British naval bombardment of Alexandria had little effect on the opposition which led to the landing of a British expeditionary...
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history of Alexandria dates back to the city's founding, by Alexander the Great, in 331 BC. Yet, before that, there were some big port cities just east of Alexandria...
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HMS Monarch (1868) (category Battleships of the Royal Navy)
at home in 1877. She was present and active at the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882 under command of Captain H Fairfax, firing 125 12-inch (300 mm) shells...
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result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive, inconclusive Advisory role from the forming of the MAAG in Vietnam to the Gulf of Tonkin...
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HMS Decoy (1871) (category Victorian-era gunboats of the United Kingdom)
and the Bombardment of Alexandria in 1882. She rapidly became obsolete and was sold in 1885. Designed by Sir Edward Reed, Chief Constructor of the Royal...
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Anthony Hoskins (category Recipients of the Order of the Medjidie, 1st class)
to flag officer rank, he acted as Second-in-Command of the Fleet at the bombardment of Alexandria in July 1882 during the Anglo-Egyptian War. He went...
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action during the British Bombardment of Alexandria in 1882, and the French ironclad Triomphante participated in the Battle of Fuzhou during the Sino-French...
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William Morris (category Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford)
Disraeli regime's occupation of the Transvaal, introduced the Coercion Bill, and oversaw the Bombardment of Alexandria. Morris later related that while...
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Ottoman Egypt (redirect from List of Grand Viziers of Egypt)
control of the government. By June Egypt was in the hands of nationalists opposed to European domination of the country. A British naval Bombardment of Alexandria...
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despatched three times a week via the 'overland route' through France to Alexandria. The Army Post Offices offered a letter and parcel service and sold stamps...
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Stanley Colville (category Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath)
Alexandra, flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet. He was promoted lieutenant in November 1882 for his services at the bombardment of Alexandria. In May 1883 he...
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Hedworth Meux (category Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath)
Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he was present at the bombardment of Alexandria during the Anglo-Egyptian War. In 1899, during the Second Boer...
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Beauchamp Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester (category Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath)
(pronounced "Allster"), of Alcester in the County of Warwick, on 24 November 1882 for his command of the bombardment of Alexandria and in the subsequent...
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SMS Zieten (category Avisos of the Imperial German Navy)
Mediterranean Sea. The ships were present during the British bombardment of Alexandria in August 1882; they sent men ashore to protect the German embassy...
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HMS Inflexible (1876) (category Battleships of the Royal Navy)
sent to join the Mediterranean squadron. She took part in the bombardment of Alexandria on 11 July 1882 during the Urabi Revolt, firing 88 shells and...
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in 1889. She took part in the bombardment of Alexandria during the 1882 Urabi Revolt in Egypt, while under the command of Lord Charles Beresford. HMS Condor (1898)...
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The 469th Bombardment Group was activated at Pueblo Army Air Base, Colorado on 1 May 1943, but within a week of activation, moved to Alexandria Army Air...
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HMS Penelope (1867) (category Battleships of the Royal Navy)
during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78 and participated in the Bombardment of Alexandria during the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882. The ship became a receiving...
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