france signed Sign_agreement the unk agreement and promised Commitment the realization of an armenian state in the mediterranean region in exchange Exchange to the french armenian legion .

a british ship of the line , hms `` swiftsure '' under captain benjamin hallowell was passing Motion_directional westwards through the southern mediterranean near cape derna when it encountered Hostile_encounter a much larger french squadron under contre-amiral UNK ganteaume that was also returning Arriving westwards after a failed attempt to reinforce the besieged Besieging french garrison in egypt .

since ancient times , cities had used Using ramparts and city walls to protect Preventing_or_letting themselves from invaders Attack , and constantinople 's substantial fortifications had been a model followed by cities throughout the mediterranean region and europe .

air france flight 1611 ( unk ) was a sud aviation Traveling unk caravelle iii en route from the island of corsica to nice , france , on 11 september 1968 when it crashed Catastrophe into the mediterranean sea off nice , killing Killing all 95 on board .