The Rock itself is a natural fortress, its sheer walls deterring all but the most dogged invaders. But the same factors that made Gibraltar so coveted have also made it the object of damaging ...

It is a beautiful run to Gibraltar from Lisbon --just long enough to shake off the rustiness occasioned by a two-weeks' stay in port--and as the corvette goes bowling along under a cloud of canvas ...

The Rock of Gibraltar’s has far more to do with its practical or ... Nature endowed it with the characteristics of a fortress, and throughout history men have employed it as such. In the early eighth ...

It created a fortress that could hold 16,000 ... which caused shortages of oxygen supplies at Gibraltar’s hospital, in an effort to force the Rock to its knees. The border stayed shut until ...

Located at Europe's southern tip, Gibraltar and its towering rock dominate the narrow strait ... Britain transformed Gibraltar into a fortress and naval base. Unreconciled to Gibraltar's loss ...

Because the Straits of Gibraltar is the only link between ... The result is that the Rock was turned into a fortress and is honeycombed with an extensive network of caves linked by dozens of ...

Isaac and Rebecca's ancestors arrived in Gibraltar from Morocco in 1717 to supply the British fortress there. Although the Treaty of Utrecht banned Jews from the Rock, their ability to speak the ...

The civilian population was evacuated and Gibraltar was transformed into a fortress. The shelter of the Rock was a vital base in the struggle with U-boats patrolling the Atlantic. As in wars past ...

“They had to do whatever was needed to be done to serve the fortress.” In spite of the restrictive nature of life on the Rock, Gibraltar was an important trade hub and a pulsing ...

Named in Arabic "Jabal Tariq", after the Muslim commander Tariq Ibn-Ziyad, who turned "the Rock" into a fortress in 711, Gibraltar has been an important naval base for more than 1,000 years.