 Complete the following phrase:  Proposals were made to Vichy France naval leadership in French North Africa for them to continue to fight Germany along side Britain. Alternative proposals for ensuring French warships would not be available to the Axis included quarantining them in neutral ports for the remainder of the war or scuttling them. If none of these alternatives was accepted, Britain declared it would sink the French fleet itself. The proposals were not accepted. Accordingly, in July 1940, British warships of the newly formed Force H including HMS Ark Royal sailed from Gibraltar and attacked the French fleet at the Algerian ports of 