Excerpt from The Rudder, Vol. 27: January to June, 1912 Rooke seized Gibraltar in the name of one of the Spanish factions, but he kept it in the name of England. This capture took place July 21, 1704, after a siege of four days. As usual, Don Spaniard was caught nap ping, and the English pounced on him. It was the beast of prey bounding on the domestic animal. Up went the red cross, and a new era for the world's strongest and most famous fortress opened. Rooke's news of his exploit was overshadowed by the glorious tidings ...
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Excerpt from The Rudder, Vol. 27: January to June, 1912 Rooke seized Gibraltar in the name of one of the Spanish factions, but he kept it in the name of England. This capture took place July 21, 1704, after a siege of four days. As usual, Don Spaniard was caught nap ping, and the English pounced on him. It was the beast of prey bounding on the domestic animal. Up went the red cross, and a new era for the world's strongest and most famous fortress opened. Rooke's news of his exploit was overshadowed by the glorious tidings of the field of Blenheim. France and Bavaria completely broken, flags, guns, marshals, and whole regiments taken, what was the capture of a barren Spanish rock weighed against such an array of trophies as John Churchill laid at the feet of a hilarious, grateful country? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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