Having calmly read the despatch which informed him that he and his army were now prisoners in Egypt, he said "We no longer have a navy.
وبعد قراءة البرقية التي أبلغته أنه وجيشه أصبحوا الآن سجناء في مصر، قال: "لم يعد لدينا سلاح بحري.