A Proper Burial

This is so cool.

Thirty Britons who died in Egypt in battles over 200 years ago are to be reburied in a full military service, the British embassy in Cairo has said.

The soldiers' and sailors' remains were found on Nelson Island and will be buried on Monday in nearby Alexandria.

The men died during the 1801 British expeditionary landings and at the 1798 Battle of Abu Qir.

Lord Nelson defeated a Napoleonic fleet in the battle, also known as the Battle of the Nile.

The embassy said the remains would be reburied at the Military and War Memorial Cemetery at Al-Shatby in Alexandria.

HMS Chatham will "undertake a suitable ceremony by the Commanding Officer Ship's Company to rebury these soldiers and sailors", it said.

Sounds like it'll be quite an event, though their success is not surprising: even during the era of Napoleon, a force of a thousand cub scouts could have defeated the French.