. . "63 ships" . . "Grand Alliance captures Gibraltar" . . "2,000+ marines and sailors" . "1704-08-03Z"^^ . "~430" . "The Capture of Gibraltar by the forces of the Grand Alliance occurred between 1\u20133 August 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession. Since the beginning of the war the Alliance had been looking for a harbour in the Iberian Peninsula to control the Strait of Gibraltar and facilitate naval operations against the French fleet in the western Mediterranean Sea."@en . "Capture of Gibraltar"@en . "Pro-Bourbon Spain" . . . "Minor" . . . "23pxPro-Habsburg Spain" . .