Gibraltar : the History of a Fortress
| Since ships first set sail in the Mediterranean, The Rock has been the gate of Fortress Europe. In ancient times, it was known as one of the Pillars of Hercules, and a glance at its formidable mass suggests that it may well have been created by the gods. Sought after by every nation with territorial ambitions in Europe, Asia, and Africa, Gibraltar was possessed by the Arabs, the Spanish, and ultimately the British, who captured it in the early 1700s and held onto it in a siege of more than three years late in the eighteenth century. The fact that that was one of more than a dozen sieges exempl. Read more... Abstract: Since ships first set sail in the Mediterranean, The Rock has been the gate of Fortress Europe. In ancient times, it was known as one of the Pillars of Hercules, and a glance at its formidable mass suggests that it may well have been created by the gods. Sought after by every nation with territorial ambitions in Europe, Asia, and Africa, Gibraltar was possessed by the Arabs, the Spanish, and ultimately the British, who captured it in the early 1700s and held onto it in a siege of more than three years late in the eighteenth century. The fact that that was one of more than a dozen sieges exempl | |||
Table of contents : Content: Dedication Epigraph Chapter 1 -- Rock and Sea Chapter 2 -- The Pillars of Heracles Chapter 3 -- Gateway and Stepping Stone Chapter 4 -- Embattled Fortress Chapter 5 -- Rooke's Rock Chapter 6 -- Free Port Chapter 7 -- A Pawn in Politics Chapter 8 -- Preparations for Defence Chapter 9 -- The Siege Begins Chapter 10 -- Relief, Blockade and Fire Chapter 11 -- The Second Year Chapter 12 -- Sortie Chapter 13 -- The Great Assault Chapter 14 -- 'As Solid as the Rock ... ' Chapter 15 -- A Station for the Navy Chapter 16 -- The Years of Change Chapter 17 -- Imperial Gibraltar. Chapter 18 -- An American on the RockChapter 19 -- Politics and People Chapter 20 -- War and Peace Chapter 21 -- Fulfilment Chapter 22 -- Present and Future. |
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