Point 6 of 7 — Lesson 21: The Urabi Revolution – British Military Intervention and the Occupation (1882)Question bank: 0 questions (0 with pictures)
06The last step: the Suez Canal and Tel el-Kebir
The British entered theSuez Canaldespite Urabi's attempt toobstruct navigation in it; the company's administrationassured him it would not allow warships to pass.
Urabi moved his forces toel-Qawasir in Sharqia, guarding against a British entryfrom the eastern side.
Clash came between the British and Egyptian armies at Tel el-Kebir, ending in thedefeat of the Egyptian army.
The road was thenopen to Cairo, which the British entered on14 September 1882, together with Khedive Tawfiq, who paraded the British army in Abdeen square.
Thusthe Urabi Revolution ended.
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