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GIBRALTAR AND ITS SIEGES.

GIBRALTAR FROM THE NORTH-WEST.

GIBRALTAR AND ITS
SIEGES.

WITH A

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“Where Gibraltar’s cannoned steep
O’erfrowns the wave.”—Matthew Arnold.
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LONDON: THOMAS NELSON AND SONS.
EDINBURGH AND NEW YORK.
1879.

[PART I.]
NAVAL AND MILITARY ANNALS:—
[I.][SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR IN 1704,][9]
[II.][AN INTERVAL,][21]
[III.][THE GREAT SIEGE,][25]
[IV.][THE FLOATING BATTERIES,][70]
[V.][THE RELIEF,][99]
[PART II.]
GIBRALTAR AS IT WAS AND IS:—
[I.][GENERAL DESCRIPTION,][116]
[II.][EARLY HISTORY OF THE ROCK,][142]

[GIBRALTAR FROM THE NORTH-WEST,][FRONTISPIECE]
[ROCK OF GIBRALTAR FROM THE NEUTRAL GROUND,][12]
[VIEW FROM THE SIGNAL-STATION,][30]
[THE LANDING-PLACE, AND REMAINS OF MOORISH CASTLE,][32]
[EUROPA POINT,][38]
[MAP OF GIBRALTAR AT THE TIME OF THE GREAT SIEGE,][72]
[LARBOARD AND STARBOARD SIDES OF A SPANISH BATTERING-SHIP,][80]
[THE GRAND ATTACK UPON GIBRALTAR, SEPTEMBER 13, 1782,][86]
[THE KING’S BASTION, AND OLD MOORISH CASTLE,][96]
[THE ROCK AND BAY OF GIBRALTAR (MODERN MAP),][116]
[THE SIGNAL-STATION,][118]
[THE MARKET-PLACE,][120]
[THE ALAMEDA,][122]
[A MOTLEY GROUP IN THE MAIN STREET,][126]
[O’HARA’S TOWER ON THE SUGAR-LOAF,][130]
[CATALAN BAY FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN BATTERY,][132]
[MARTIN’S CAVE,][136]
[ST. GEORGE’S HALL,][140]