Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) GIBRALTAR AND ITS SIEGES. [Illustration: GIBRALTAR FROM THE NORTH-WEST.] GIBRALTAR AND ITS SIEGES. WITH A Description of its Natural Features. “Where Gibraltar’s cannoned steep O’erfrowns the wave.”--MATTHEW ARNOLD. LONDON: THOMAS NELSON AND SONS. EDINBURGH AND NEW YORK. 1879. Contents. 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 List of Illustrations. 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 THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR. PART I. Naval and Military Annals. CHAPTER I. SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR IN 1704.