While many thousands of British Army and Dominion troops are ready for all emergencies in Egypt, the kingdom itself has taken all steps to make its own army absolutely up-to-date.
The Royal Egyptian Army consists of two divisions of about 35,000 men, and for some time a British military mission has been hard at work assisting with: the training and complete modernization of this force.
Horse artillery from overseas are now stationed in Egypt. The climate there still makes animal transport, even for artillery, a practical proposition in a modern war. But, despite the great heat in summer, tanks are plentiful and negotiate successfully the the country. Thousands of square miles of desert defend the frontiers of Egypt and there are not many gaps in this natural shield through which an invader would find it possible to launch his attack.
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