Ka cika wannan jumla: Amma, a shekara ta 1882 'yan kishin ƙasa suka yi tawaye a ƙasar Masar, kuma Kanal Urabi ne ya ja-gorance su. Akwai haɗari ga Suez Canal, sabili da haka sadarwa na Birtaniya tare da daular Indiya, da kuma masu mallakar Birtaniya na asusun Masar. Da farko, Gladstone ya yi kira ga Concert na Turai don daukar matakin gama gari, kodayake wannan ya sami martani mara kyau. Faransanci da farko ya aika da jiragen ruwa don shiga cikin Royal Navy a Alexandria, amma ya ki aika da sojojin soja don tsoron raunana tsaro a kan Jamus. A ranar 10 ga Yuli Gladstone ya ba da umarnin cewa a ba da umarnin ga Urabi don dakatar da garkuwar soja na Alexandria a cikin sa'o'i goma sha biyu. Urabi bai amsa ba don haka a ranar 11 ga Yuli Royal Navy ta harbe birnin yayin da Faransawa suka janye. Wannan ya haifar da tashin hankali kuma Gladstone ya samu daga majalisar £ 2,300,000 kuma ya kara harajin samun kudin shiga daga 5 "d". zuwa 61⁄2 "d". don tallafawa wani
yakin basasa. Hukuncin shiga yaki ya gamu da adawa daga cikin Jam'iyyar Liberal, kuma dan majalisa mai suna John Bright ya yi murabus daga majalisar ministoci don nuna rashin amincewa. A ranar 19 ga watan Agusta sojojin Burtaniya karkashin jagorancin Sir Garnet Wolseley sun sauka a Port Said kuma a ranar 13 ga Satumba sun kayar da sojojin Urabi a yakin Tel-el-Kebir. Da yake jin labarin nasarar da Birtaniya ta samu, Gladstone ya yi farin ciki kuma ya umurci sallama daga bindigogi a Hyde Park don girmama su.