When the war between Egypt and Turkey was renewed, in 1839, France taking sides with the former, England deserted her because she was anxious, as she always has been, to maintain the integrity of the Ottoman Empire. The English Government, therefore, joined the conspiracy with Russia, whose aim was to exclude France from the assembly of European Powers, and in July, 1840, the treaty of London was concluded between Great Britain, Russia, Austria and Prussia, by which France was isolated, and therefore could not proceed with her designs in Egypt, unable to face such a coalition.
England was soon compelled, however, to again change her alliance in order to save Constantinople from falling into the hands of Russia.
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From General Nelson A. Miles
Thrilling Stories of The Russian-Japanese War, 1904
