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Photo #: NH 74114

Bombardment of Alexandria, Egypt, 1882


Front page of "The Judge" magazine, 12 August 1882, featuring a cartoon by "JAW" concerning aid rendered by the U.S. Navy during the British Navy's bombardment of Alexandria, Egypt, in July 1882. Landing parties from USS Lancaster, USS Quinnebaug and USS Nipsic went ashore on 14 July, after the bombardment.
The cartoon also makes note of the U.S. Navy's general condition at that time.

Courtesy of Captain Roger G. Gerry, USN(DC), U.S. Naval Hospital, St. Albans, New York, 1964.

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19 March 2001