Spaniards, destroyed and burnt their batteries, spiking a large number of guns, but though his losses in this sortie were slight, his men suffered much from scurvy and the incessant duty which was imposed on an all too scanty garrison. From time to time a vessel would elude the blockading fleet; and on one occasion Admiral Darby forced his way through with the 97th Regiment, and later still the King's Own Scottish Borderers and the 59th (East Lancashires) were also thrown in. In May, 1782, the Spaniards were reinforced by a strong French division, and the siege was continued with renewed vigour. Floating batteries, with massive timber roofs to protect the gunners, were built by the allies, and then on September 14, 1782, convoyed by forty-seven sail of the line, this formidable armada entered the bay, and opened a fresh bombardment from the sea. To this Eliott responded with red-hot shot, and once more the garrison was saved. In the following month Howe was enabled to convoy a fleet of transports under the Rock, and so relieved Eliott of his one dread--starvation. In February, 1783, peace was signed between Spain and England, and on the 6th of the month the gates of the fortress were thrown open, after a bombardment of thirteen months. CASUALTIES AT THE DEFENCE OF GIBRALTAR, 1779-1783. +-----------------------------+-----------+-----------+ | |_Officers._| _Men._ | | _Regiments._ +-----+-----+-----+-----+ | | K. | W. | K. | W. | +-----------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ |Royal Artillery | 2 | 8 | 29 | 121 | |Roy. Engineers | - | - | - | - | |12th Suffolks | 1 | 3 | 27 | 110 | |25th K.O. Scottish Borderers | - | - | 2 | 8 | |39th Dorsets | 2 | 3 | 27 | 60 | |56th Essex | - | 3 | 27 | 67 | |58th N'amptons | 1 | 2 | 18 | 74 | |59th E. Lancs. | - | - | 8 | 9 | |71st Highland L.I. | - | 6 | 42 | 115 | |72nd Seaforth Highlanders | - | 3 | 55 | 148 | |73rd Regt. | - | 6 | 44 | 115 | |97th Regt. | - | - | 13 | 41 | +-----------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ MAIDA, JULY 4, 1806. This distinction is borne on the colours of the Lancashire Fusiliers. Inniskilling Fusiliers. Royal Sussex. North Lancashire. Northamptons. Seaforth Highlanders. Gloucestershire Regiment.