After the attack Attack at Mers-el-Kébir and the Battle Military_operation of Dakar , French aircraft raided Attack Gibraltar in retaliation Revenge and Marshal Philippe Pétain , who had become Becoming the prime minister of France on 16 June , severed Process_end diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom .

The Second Battle Hostile_encounter of Algeciras ( also known as the Battle of the Gut of Gibraltar ) was a naval battle Hostile_encounter fought Hostile_encounter on the night of 12 July 1801 ( 23 messidor an IX of the French Republican Calendar ) between a squadron of British Royal Navy ships of the line and a larger squadron of ships from the Spanish Navy and French Navy in the Gut of Gibraltar .

The Second Battle Hostile_encounter of Algeciras ( also known as the Battle of the Gut of Gibraltar ) was a naval battle Hostile_encounter fought Hostile_encounter on the night of 12 July 1801 ( 23 messidor an IX of the French Republican Calendar ) between a squadron of British Royal Navy ships of the line and a larger squadron of ships from the Spanish Navy and French Navy in the Gut of Gibraltar .

The battle followed closely the First Battle of Algeciras on 6 July , in which a French squadron anchored at the Spanish port of Algeciras was attacked Attack by a larger British squadron based at nearby Gibraltar .

In the aftermath of the action Response , `` Venerable '' was towed Body_movement off the shoreline and back to Gibraltar for repairs , while the remainder of the British squadron restored Recovering the British blockade of the French and Spanish ships in Cadiz , returning Arriving the situation to that in place before the battle .

American estimates of Truk 's defenses and its role as a stronghold of the Japanese Navy led Causation newspapers and military men to call Name_conferral it the `` Gibraltar of the Pacific '' , or to compare Statement it with Pearl Harbor .

On 15 May , Cunningham signalled Communication that `` the passage through the Mediterranean was clear '' and that convoys from Gibraltar to Alexandria could be started Process_start at once .

Thus the direct route between Gibraltar and Alexandria—closed since May 1941—was reopened Openness with prodigious savings in shipping and their escorts .

The Sixth Siege of Gibraltar in 1411 was the only occasion on which control of Gibraltar was contested Hostile_encounter between two Islamic powers .

The Sixth Siege of Gibraltar in 1411 was the only occasion on which control of Gibraltar was contested Hostile_encounter between two Islamic powers .

After the failed Fifth Siege of Gibraltar in 1349–50 , which ended Process_end with the death of King Alfonso XI of Castile from bubonic plague , the Kingdom of Castile was preoccupied with the Castilian Civil War and its aftermath .

In 1369 , Sultan Muhammed V of Granada took advantage of the Castilians ' distractions and in the Siege of Algeciras ( 1369 ) he seized Hold the city of Algeciras , on the west side of the Bay of Gibraltar , which Alfonso XI had captured in 1344 .

At some point during the truces , control of Gibraltar was transferred Giving from the Marinid dynasty of Morocco , which had held it since 1333 , to the Granadans .

A Castilian fleet put Placing to sea and inflicted Causation a major defeat Conquering on the Moors in the Strait of Gibraltar .

The rulers of Granada and Morocco met Come_together at Gibraltar and agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to sue Legality for a fresh truce , but relations between the two Islamic states soon broke down Destroying amid disagreements between their rulers .

The garrison of Gibraltar rebelled Change_of_leadership in 1410 against the Granadan ruler , Yusuf III , and declared Expressing_publicly allegiance to Abu Said Uthman III of Morocco .

A Granadan counter-offensive Attack in 1411 drove Bringing Abu Said back to Gibraltar , where he took refuge .

Yusuf III 's son Ahmad laid siege Besieging to Gibraltar and defeated Conquering several Moroccan attempts to break out .

They stormed Attack the Moorish Castle , forcing Abu Said to surrender Surrendering , and restored Recovering Granadan control over Gibraltar .

Operation Vigorous was a westward convoy from Alexandria ; Operation Harpoon was an eastbound convoy operation from Gibraltar .

During the large funeral of three Provisional IRA members killed in Gibraltar , an Ulster Defence Association ( UDA ) member , Michael Stone , attacked Attack the mourners with hand grenades and pistols .

The Third Siege of Gibraltar was mounted Process_start between February–June 1333 by a Moorish army under the prince Abd al-Malik Abd al-Wahid of Morocco .

The fortified town of Gibraltar had been held Hold by Castile since 1309 , when it had been seized Conquering from the Moorish Emirate of Granada .

The attack Attack on Gibraltar was ordered Arranging by the recently crowned Marinid ruler Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman in response to an appeal by the Nasrid ruler Muhammed IV of Granada .

The stocks of food in Gibraltar were heavily depleted Expend_resource at the time due to the thievery of the town 's governor , Vasco Perez de Meira , who had looted Robbery the money that was meant to have been spent Expend_resource on food for the garrison and to pay Commerce_pay for the upkeep of the castle and fortifications .

The Fourth Siege of Gibraltar , fought Hostile_encounter from June until August 1333 , pitted a Christian army under King Alfonso XI of Castile against a large Moorish army led by Muhammed IV of Granada and Abd al-Malik Abd al-Wahid of Fes .

It followed on immediately from the Third Siege of Gibraltar , fought Hostile_encounter earlier in 1333 .

The siege began Process_start inauspiciously with a disastrous landing Self_motion by Castilian forces on the west side of Gibraltar , before developing Coming_to_be into a stalemate in which neither side had the strength Cause_change_of_strength to capture Gibraltar , nor to break out Destroying or lift Body_movement the siege .

The siege began Process_start inauspiciously with a disastrous landing Self_motion by Castilian forces on the west side of Gibraltar , before developing Coming_to_be into a stalemate in which neither side had the strength Cause_change_of_strength to capture Gibraltar , nor to break out Destroying or lift Body_movement the siege .

Both sides faced Perception_active acute shortages of food – the Gibraltar garrison was cut off Process_end from resupply Supply , while the Castilians , deep within enemy territory , could only be resupplied via an unreliable sea route .

The three—Seán Savage , Daniel McCann , and Mairéad Farrell ( members of Provisional IRA Belfast Brigade ) —were believed Know to be mounting a car bomb attack on British military personnel in Gibraltar .

An inquest in Gibraltar ruled Control that the SAS had acted lawfully , while the European Court of Human Rights held that , although there had been no conspiracy , the planning Arranging and control Control of the operation was so flawed as to make the use of lethal Killing force almost inevitable .

From late 1987 , the British authorities were aware Know that the IRA was planning Arranging to detonate Attack a bomb at the changing Change of the guard ceremony outside the governor 's residence in the British Dependent Territory of Gibraltar .

It heard Perception_active from British and Gibraltar authorities that the IRA team had been tracked Self_motion to Málaga Airport , where they were lost Earnings_and_losses by the Spanish police , and that the three did not re-emerge until Savage was sighted Perception_active parking Placing his car in Gibraltar .

It heard Perception_active from British and Gibraltar authorities that the IRA team had been tracked Self_motion to Málaga Airport , where they were lost Earnings_and_losses by the Spanish police , and that the three did not re-emerge until Savage was sighted Perception_active parking Placing his car in Gibraltar .

The Great Siege of Gibraltar was an unsuccessful attempt by Spain and France to capture Conquering Gibraltar from the British during the American War of Independence .

The Great Siege of Gibraltar was an unsuccessful attempt by Spain and France to capture Conquering Gibraltar from the British during the American War of Independence .

The same year , a major assault was planned Arranging by the Spanish , but the Gibraltar garrison sortied Hostile_encounter in November and destroyed Destroying much of the forward batteries .

The Fifth Siege of Gibraltar , mounted Military_operation between August 1349 and March 1350 , was a second attempt by King Alfonso XI of Castile to retake Conquering the fortified town of Gibraltar .

The Fifth Siege of Gibraltar , mounted Military_operation between August 1349 and March 1350 , was a second attempt by King Alfonso XI of Castile to retake Conquering the fortified town of Gibraltar .

A series of Moorish defeats and reverses Escaping had left Causation Gibraltar as a Moorish-held enclave within Castilian territory .

Alfonso brought Bringing an army of around 20,000 men , along with his mistress and their five illegitimate children , to dig Motion in to the north of Gibraltar for a lengthy siege .

The Twelfth Siege of Gibraltar was fought Hostile_encounter between September 1704 and May 1705 during the War of the Spanish Succession .

It followed the capture Conquering in August 1704 of the fortified town of Gibraltar , at the southern tip of Spain , by an Anglo–Dutch naval force led by Sir George Rooke and Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt .

The capture of Gibraltar was the outcome Process_end of that initial stage of the Mediterranean campaign .

At the start Process_start of the siege , Gibraltar was garrisoned by around 2,000 Dutch , English , Austrian and pro-Habsburg Spanish troops facing a besieging force of up to 8,000 French , pro-Bourbon Spanish and Irish troops .

The defenders were able to hold off Defending the numerically superior besieging force through exploiting Gibraltar 's geography and the small town 's fortifications , though they were frequently short of manpower and ammunition .