Torn Between Britain and France

Chapter 791: Torn Between Britain and France

The minor incident in North Africa did not affect the European Continent. There were only a handful of newspapers even reporting on the rebels.

This was the time when the pride of Europe's people was at its height. They simply could not care less about colonial rebellions in some remote backwater.

The rebellion in the Egyptian colony had yet to be put down. The French Government was already too busy suppressing news of such a humiliating affair; naturally, it would not publicize it abroad.

The United Kingdom and Austria were entangled in the matter themselves, so they were likewise reluctant to lift the lid. Other countries wanted to enjoy the Frenchmen's misfortune, but no one was willing to take the lead.

Their inability to laugh at the French in Africa did not stop them from tearing open the French Army's wounds in Annam.

Nearly twenty thousand French troops had failed to defeat a bunch of... It was like a resounding slap, struck viciously across Napoleon IV's face.

"Trash! Every last one of them is trash! They've disgraced the French Army beyond repair. Feeding them was..."

"Send reinforcements immediately! I want to make..."

Beneath the Emperor's roar, everyone tacitly lowered their proud heads.

If the initial defeat on the battlefield could be blamed on inadequate preparations and being caught off guard by the enemy, there was no excuse for continuing to lose now.

Finance Minister Roy Vernon braced himself and advised, "Your Majesty, Annam is too far from us. The cost of sending an expedition over such a distance is too high. Continuing to send reinforcements would no longer be worth the loss."

For a colonial empire, the most important thing was weighing gains against losses. Colonies were opened up to make money,