章 788: Chapter 51: The Tangled England and France

The minor incident in North Africa did not affect the European Continent; even the newspapers reporting the rebellion were few and far between.

Now is a time of peak arrogance for European people, who simply don't care about colonial rebellions in remote and impoverished regions.

The French government failed to quell the Egyptian colonial rebellion promptly, an embarrassing situation they could not suppress news about quickly enough, let alone publicize.

England and France, being involved themselves, were also not keen to lift the lid on the matter. Other countries did indeed want to laugh at the French, but nobody wanted to be the first to make a move.

The inability to ridicule the French in Africa did not stop people from revealing the wounds of the French Army in Annan.

Nearly 20,000 French soldiers couldn't defeat a band of...It was like a resounding slap to the face of Napoleon IV.