Gibraltar

Algeçiras Alliance allies anchorage Archduke Charles assault bombardment Britain British Diplomacy British Government Cadiz campaigns Catalonia Catholic King cede Gibraltar Ceuta Colonial Crown demand for Gibraltar diplomatic dispute Duke Dutch eighteenth century England English Europa Point Family Compact favour field-of-fire fleet floating batteries Florida Foreign Office fortifications fortress France French and Spanish frontier garrison Gibraltar and Minorca Gibraltar Bay Gibraltar in British Governor Governor of Gibraltar guns harbour History of Gibraltar Ibid isthmus June King Alfonso King George King of Spain land landward side later London Lord Madrid Magnae Britanniae Majesty maritime jurisdiction Mediterranean Minister Minorca Moorish Moors Morocco naval negotiations for peace Neutral Ground November occupied Parliament promised proposed propriety Queen renewed Rex Catholicus Rock sea-power ships Siege of Gibraltar Spaniards Spanish Spanish Court Spanish Government Spanish line Stanhope status Straits strategic Tangier territorial jurisdiction Treaty of Peace Treaty of Utrecht Urbis Vergennes verò victory