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Gibraltar, Great Siege of

Years: 1779 - 1783

The Great Siege of Gibraltar is an unsuccessful attempt by Spain and France to capture Gibraltar from the British during the American War of Independence.

This is the largest action fought during the war in terms of numbers, particularly the Grand Assault of  September 18, 1782.

At three years and seven months, it is the longest siege endured by the British Armed Forces.

"History never repeats itself, but the Kaleidoscopic combinations of the pictured present often seem to be constructed out of the broken fragments of antique legends."

― Mark Twain, The Gilded Age (1874)