... and sloop were sunk in the naval harbour the sub marine was Le Hcros, of 1 ,379 tons, and the sloop the D Entrecasteaux, of 1,969 tons. The Vichy air force was subdued and within forty- eight hours of the first landing the naval base was in British hands ...

... 000 in that year Britain received dividends amounting to £1,975,657. In 1869 de Lesseps signed a lease to Egypt, to expire in 1969, when the entire Canal would revert to Egyptian control. And now? Between September 1938 and September 3, 1939, 6,655 ships ...