📰 On this day 🔹1782 https://www.onthisday.com/images/photos/grand-assault-on-gibraltar.jpeg?w=780 The Grand Assault on Gibraltar by the allied French and Spanish fleets, including ten floating batteries and land forces, is heavily defeated by the British garrison, with all floating batteries destroyed and allied casualties of 1,473 compared to only 83 for the British #OTD | #PlebChain | #GrowNostr