Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Gore ra 1840 rakaunzawo chinetso chezvamatongerwe enyika pakati peFrance, Russia neEngland nemhaka yokutsigira kweFrance mutongi weEgipita, Muhammad Ali, mubatanidzwa wenguva refu. (Muna 1829 akanga apa rusvingo rweLuxor, zvino rwakamira muPlace de la Concorde.) Ishe Palmerston akanga ane chivimbo chokuti vaFrench vaisazorwa, uye akatumira ngarava kuti dzinoputira mabhomba kuBeirut ndokutyisidzira Ijipiti. Hurumende yeFrance yakanga yakakamukana, ichityira kuti France yakanga isina kugadzirira hondo; uto reFrance rakanga ratobatanidzwa kare muhondo refu, inodhura
kukunda kweAlgeria. Mambo akajekesa kuna Thiers kuti aida rugare. Thiers akati aizosiya basa, asi Mambo akaramba, achiti aida kuti vaBritain vafunge kuti France yaizorwisa. Thiers paakanyora tsamba kuBritain achinyevera kuti chiziviso cheBritain kuEgypt chaizokanganisa kuenzana kwesimba munyika yose, uye akarayira kuvakwa kwedenderedzwa idzva renhare dzakapoteredza Paris. Palmerston haana kurwisa Ijipiti, uye dambudziko racho rakapera. Masvingo akatanga naThiers panguva yenhamo akapedzisira apedzwa, uye akazozivikanwa semadziro eThiers, ayo akazoita (uye anoramba aripo nhasi) miganhu yeguta reParis.