Talk:Battle of Tell El Kebir
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Very poor syntax throughout
Anyone care to fix this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.101.17.36 (talk) 09:47, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
Last fight in red coats?
I have read that this battle was the British Army's last engagement fought in their once-signal red coats. But this was only a passing mention in the source I read--neither a general British Army history nor a discussion of the Anglo-Egyptian war--so I'm hesitant to cite it here. But if this is in fact true, I would expect it to be known among people who actually are students of British military history, and to rate a mention here. Anyone? Spark240 (talk) 23:45, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
- If anyone out there is still interested, the 'red coat' was last worn in battle, on perhaps a couple of occasions, in the Sudan campaigns of 1884-85; last worn on campaign in West Africa on the Ashanti expedition of 1895. The intended purpose was to cowe what was seen as primitive-minded opposition. JF42 (talk) 13:00, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
Additional Information
Editors working on this piece could find this article to be of interest. Farawayman (talk) 17:41, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
Well into the 21st century
As I don't know the context of the quote, I do not know what a sensible edit would be (was it meant to read twentieth century?).
To say that the "British trained officer corps of Egypt retained its traditional role as the centrality of Egyptian government well into the 21st century" seems bizzare as we have only completed a tenth of the 21st century. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.237.199.248 (talk) 12:50, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
Background
A part of "Background" reads, "...an ultimatum was sent to the Egyptian government demanding..."
Who specifically sent the ultimatum? The Anglo-French fleet? The current wording is both passive voice and ethnocentric, implying "we" sent the ultimatum.
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