PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHAPTER I. ENTERING THE STRAITS

CHAPTER II. CLIMBING THE ROCK.

CHAPTER III. THE FORTIFICATIONS.

CHAPTER IV. ROUND THE TOWN.

CHAPTER V. PARADE ON THE ALAMEDA. PRESENTATION OF COLORS TO THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT.

CHAPTER VI. SOCIETY IN GIBRALTAR.

CHAPTER VII. THE GREAT SIEGE.

CHAPTER VIII. HOLDING A FORTRESS IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY.

CHAPTER IX. FAREWELL TO GIBRALTAR LEAVING FOR AFRICA.

GIBRALTAR

GIBRALTAR

BY
Henry M. Field

ILLUSTRATED

LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL, Limited.
1889.
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To My Friend and Neighbor
IN THE BERKSHIRE HILLS,
JOSEPH H. CHOATE,
WHO FINDS IT A RELIEF NOW AND THEN
TO TURN FROM THE HARD LABORS OF THE LAW
TO THE ROMANCE OF TRAVEL:
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