 Complete the following phrase:  The East India Company drove the expansion of the British Empire in Asia. The Companys army had first joined forces with the Royal Navy during the Seven Years War, and the two continued to co-operate in arenas outside India: the eviction of the French from Egypt 1799, the capture of Java from the Netherlands 1811, the acquisition of Peg Island 1786, Singapore 1819 and Malacca 1824, and the defeat of 