2-716-552 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Insurrection under Arabi Pasha, 1882: The Bluejackets clearing the streets of Alexandria', (1901). Episode of the Anglo-Egyptian War: British sailors with a machine gun in the port city of Alexandria. Egyptian general Ahmad 'Urabi (or Ourabi) participated in a mutiny that developed into a general revolt against the Anglo-French dominated administration of Egypt. British warships in Alexandria Harbour opened fire on the city's gun emplacements after the Egyptians ignored an ultimatum to remove them. 'Blue jacket' was a term for a junior enlisted sailor in a navy. From "The Illustrated London News Record of the Glorious Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901: The Life and Accession of King Edward VII. and the Life of Queen Alexandra". [London, 1901]