 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Zvisinei, muna 1882 kumukira kworudzi kwakaitika muEgipita, kwakatungamirirwa naColonel Urabi. Pakanga pane ngozi yairangarirwa kuSuez Canal, uye nokudaro kukurukurirana kweBritain nehumambo hwayo hweIndia, pamwe chete navaBritish vaiva nezvisungo zveEgipita. Pakutanga, Gladstone akakumbira Concert of Europe kuti iite chimwe chinhu pamwe chete, kunyange zvazvo izvi zvisina kugamuchirwa nomufaro. Pakutanga France yakatumira ngarava dzehondo kuti dzibatane neRoyal Navy kuAlexandria, asi yakaramba kutumira mauto nekutya kushaya simba pakudzivirira kwayo Germany. Musi wa 10 Chikunguru Gladstone akarayira kuti Urabi apiwe gwaro rekupedzisira rekumisa masvingo ehondo eAlexandria mukati memaawa gumi nemaviri. Urabi haana kupindura uye nokudaro pana 11 July Royal Navy yakarova guta rachoapo vaFrench vakabva. Ikoku kwakaguma nokupandukira uye Gladstone akawana kubva kuParamende 2,300,000 uye akasimudza mutero wemari kubva pa5d. kusvika pa6 12d. kuti atsigire basa rehondo. Chisarudzo chokuenda kuhondo chakasangana nokushorwa mukati meLiberal Party, uye nhengo yeDare reParamende yeRadical John Bright akasiya basa muKabineti achiratidza kupikisa. Musi wa19 Nyamavhuvhu mauto eBritain aitungamirirwa naSir Garnet Wolseley akasvika paPort Said uye musi wa13 Gunyana vakakunda mauto aUrabi muhondo yeTel-el-Kebir. Pakunzwa nhau dzorukundo rweBritain Gladstone akafara zvikuru ndokurayira kuti pfuti dzirumbidzwe muHyde Park mukuremekedzwa kwavo. 