Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Gibraltar an kewaye shi fiye da shekaru uku, amma sojojin dakarun Burtaniya sun yi taurin kai kuma an sake ba su sau biyu: sau ɗaya bayan nasarar Admiral George Rodney a kan Juan de Lángara a 1780 Battle of Cape St. Vincent, da kuma Admiral Richard Howe a 1782. Ƙarin ƙoƙarin Franco-Spanish don kama Gibraltar bai yi nasara ba. Wani gagarumin nasara ya faru a ranar 5 ga Fabrairu 1782, lokacin da Mutanen Espanya suka sake kama Minorca. Shirye-shiryen da aka yi don mamaye Birtaniya
a 1779 dole ne a yi watsi da shi. Admiral Luis de Córdova y Córdova ya kama jiragen ruwa biyu na Burtaniya da suka hada da jirgi saba'in da tara, ciki har da rundunar jiragen ruwa na 'yan kasuwa hamsin da biyar da kuma' yan fashi a cikin aikin 9 ga Agusta, 1780.