Bombardment of Alexandria
The Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt by the British Mediterranean Fleet took place on 11–13 July 1882.
Alexandria in ruins after the bombardment
British ships shelling Alexandria by a French artist.
A view of the bombardment by an artist in Cairo.
Photo in Alexandria after the bombardment and fire of 11–13 July 1882.
Beauchamp Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester
Admiral Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester, was a British naval commander. He was commander of the Channel Squadron between 1874 and 1877 and Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet between 1880 and 1883.
Lord Alcester
The dispersal of the International Fleet on 5 December 1880 convened for enforcing the Treaty of Berlin. The Graphic 1880