Note 74 — Chapter XXIII · CAPTURE OF CAIRO AND COLLAPSE OF THE REBELLION.
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According to "Arabi Pasha," by Mr. John Ninet, already quoted, the majority of the Council were in favour of defending Cairo. The Citadel, it was pointed out, was in good repair, and it would be easy to act as the French did at the beginning of the century to put an end to any revolt. Arabi, however, opposed.