A History of the Late Siege of Gibraltar: With a Description and Account of that Garrison, from the Earliest Periods

From 1779 to 1783 a British garrison at Gibraltar fought off a fierce Franco-Spanish siege, with the aid of the navy. This bestselling account by a member of the garrison was first published in 1785. Gibraltar was of vital strategic importance to Britain during the Napoleonic Wars and subsequently.

• | By (Author): John Drinkwater
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Feb 17, 2011
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 450 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1108025595
• | ISBN-13: 9781108025591