On 30 December 1915, the regiment landed in Alexandria to help defend Egypt.

Around 1138, the legendary leader Saladin was born there; his many achievements include defending Egypt against the Christian Crusaders and recapturing Jerusalem in 1187.

Milesius, a great general/king, was instrumental in defending Egypt from the King of Ethiopia.

I feel it's important to defend Egypt with everything we've got.

"Mr. President, gentlemen, I'm asking for your help in defending Egypt against probable attack from Libya," Susan said.

After Italy entered the war, on 10 June 1940, the squadron was almost immediately in action, defending Egypt from Italian bombers.

At this time, the British had only 36,000 troops available (out of about 100,000 under Middle Eastern command) to defend Egypt, against 236,000 Italian troops.

In late December 1915, the brigade landed in Alexandria to help defend Egypt.

"He said he was doing this to defend Egypt" and "he didn't care for the money," Mr. Fouad said.

Although successfully defending Egypt, Ptolemy II was unable to save Athens from Antigonus.