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On this day in History: Spain formally declared war with Great Britain on 16, June 1779

After France declared war on Great Britain in 1778, in support of the American Revolution, Spain likewise declared war. The two nations formulated a plan to divest Great Britain of Gibraltar, the strategic location guarding the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea. They expected to capture Gibraltar quickly, but refrained from a foolhardy frontal assault. Instead, they laid siege.

The siege began in the summer of 1779. By winter the effects were being felt. Food grew scarce, the rocky land had very little wood, so fuel was hard to come by. Summer of 1780 saw intensified bombardment, returned by the British. The siege continued. As winter approached, provisions again grew short. The French and Spanish spent the summer of 1781 building up greater forces. They were prepared for a great attack in November. The British learned of the impending assault and took a great gamble, committing half of the garrison to a very successful nighttime preemptive strike.

The assailants devised a new plan, and with it a secret weapon. A French military engineer designed floating gun batteries, protected from hot shot by circulating water through the sides using metal tubing. Building the batteries took time. And every day the siege dragged on. Work on the new weapons progressed problematically. Design revisions were made. The tubing was very difficult to construct.

By September 1782 patience had worn out and action was needed. Defenders used the conventional technique of pounding the batteries with hot shot. Red hot iron cannonballs imbedded into the thick wooden armor, set it smoldering, the cooling systems were not working, and batteries began to burn. In February 1783, with peace negotiations in Progres, hostilities ended. The defense of Gibraltar is remembered as one of Britain’s greatest military achievements, at least of the era. But the most important commemoration of the victory is the very fact that Gibraltar remains a British territory to this day.

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