Great Siege of Gibraltar

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The Great Siege of Gibraltar was a prolonged late 18th-century Franco-Spanish attempt to capture the British-held fortress of Gibraltar, notable as one of the longest sieges in British military history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Great Siege (of Gibraltar) ⓘ
Siege of Gibraltar (1779–1783) ⓘ
attacker Franco-Spanish forces ⓘ
attackingForceStrength tens of thousands of Franco-Spanish troops ⓘ
belligerent France ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
commander Antonio Barceló ⓘ
Duke of Crillon ⓘ
George Augustus Eliott ⓘ
Luis de Córdova y Córdova ⓘ
conflictIn Mediterranean Sea region ⓘ
linked to: Mediterranean Basin
conflictType siege warfare ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
defender British garrison of Gibraltar ⓘ
linked to: Gibraltar garrison
duration over three and a half years ⓘ
endTime 1783 ⓘ
7 February 1783 ⓘ
followedBy continued British possession of Gibraltar ⓘ
garrisonStrength approximately 7,000 to 8,000 defenders at peak ⓘ
hasPart Grand Assault of 13 September 1782 ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 18th century ⓘ
legacy symbol of British resilience and defensive warfare ⓘ
location Gibraltar ⓘ
notableFor being one of the longest sieges in British military history ⓘ
extensive use of artillery ⓘ
large-scale Franco-Spanish assault of 1782 ⓘ
use of floating batteries ⓘ
opponent France ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
partOf American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Anglo-French War (1778–1783) ⓘ
Anglo-Spanish War (1779–1783) ⓘ
precededBy Capture of Gibraltar (1704) ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
Gibraltar remained under British control ⓘ
significantEvent destruction of Spanish floating batteries ⓘ
relief convoys from Britain ⓘ
startTime 1779 ⓘ
24 June 1779 ⓘ
strategicObjective capture of Gibraltar from Britain ⓘ
theatreOfWar European theatre of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
treatyConcludedAfter Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ
used red-hot shot against floating batteries ⓘ

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Great Siege Tunnels → constructedDuring → Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
Great Siege Tunnels → conflict → Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
John Singleton Copley → notableWork → The Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
linked to: Great Siege of Gibraltar
Gibraltarians → historicalEvent → Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
Gibraltar garrison → conflict → Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
Gibraltar garrison → notableEvent → Great Siege of Gibraltar (1779–1783) ⓘ
linked to: Great Siege of Gibraltar
Great Siege of Gibraltar → alsoKnownAs → Siege of Gibraltar (1779–1783) ⓘ
linked to: Great Siege of Gibraltar
Great Siege of Gibraltar → alsoKnownAs → Great Siege (of Gibraltar) ⓘ
linked to: Great Siege of Gibraltar
Upper Rock area → historicalPeriod → Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
Upper Galleries → constructedDuring → Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
Upper Galleries → usedInConflict → Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
Defence of Gibraltar 1779–1783 → alsoKnownAs → Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
fortifications of Gibraltar → usedDuring → Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
fortifications of Gibraltar → notableEvent → Great Siege of Gibraltar (1779–1783) ⓘ
linked to: Great Siege of Gibraltar
Anglo-Spanish War (1779–1783) → hasBattle → Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
Anglo-Spanish War (1779–1783) → hasSiege → Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
Cuthbert Collingwood → participatedIn → Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
Battle of Algeciras Bay → relatedTo → Siege of Gibraltar (1779–1783) ⓘ
linked to: Great Siege of Gibraltar
HMS Ramillies → notableEngagement → Relief of Gibraltar ⓘ
linked to: Great Siege of Gibraltar
Battle of Cape Spartel → relatedEvent → Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
George Augustus Eliott → conflict → Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
Siege of Gibraltar (1727) → followedBy → Great Siege of Gibraltar (1779–1783) ⓘ
linked to: Great Siege of Gibraltar
Cathedral of St. Mary the Crowned → rebuiltAfter → Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
Cathedral of St. Mary the Crowned → damagedDuring → Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
Grand Assault of 13 September 1782 → partOf → Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
Grand Assault of 13 September 1782 → conflict → Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
Grand Assault of 13 September 1782 → partOf → Franco-Spanish siege operations against Gibraltar ⓘ
linked to: Great Siege of Gibraltar
Grand Assault of 13 September 1782 → relatedTo → Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
Grand Assault of 13 September 1782 → alsoKnownAs → Grand Attack on Gibraltar ⓘ
linked to: Great Siege of Gibraltar
Grand Assault of 13 September 1782 → alsoKnownAs → Grand Assault on Gibraltar ⓘ
linked to: Great Siege of Gibraltar
George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield → conflict → Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
Line Wall → usedInConflict → Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
King’s Bastion → usedDuring → Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
King’s Bastion → conflict → Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
Grand Battery → usedInConflict → Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
Queen’s Lines → significantEvent → Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
Queen’s Lines → usedDuring → Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
Prince’s Lines → usedDuring → Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
King’s Bastion casemates → relatedTo → Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon → notableEvent → Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
subject linked to: Duke of Crillon