Note 239 — Chapter XI · THE SECOND BATTALION. 1882-1883. THE WAR IN EGYPT.

A quaint report by an Egyptian officer in charge of a battery “complained of the very improper conduct of the English fleet in that, whilst his men were at work on the battery at night, suddenly a blaze of electric light was thrown upon them, so that what they were doing could be seen as if it were day—a proceeding which, as the officer avers, was distinctly discourteous on the part of the English.”—Maurice, ‘Military History of the Campaign of 1882 in Egypt.’