Ka cika wannan jumlar: Sa'ad da Yaƙin Shekaru Bakwai ya soma a watan Afrilu na shekara ta 1756, Faransanci ya mallaki tsibirin nan da nan kuma ya soma
Siege na Fort St Philip, wanda Blakeney ya umurce shi. An yi ƙoƙari da Admiral John Byng ya ɗaga siege a watan Mayu, kuma Blakeney ya mika wuya a ranar 29 ga Yuni. An ba da izinin shiga Gibraltar, wanda gwamnansa Thomas Fowke ne, wanda kotun soja ta yanke masa hukunci amma aka kubutar da shi a 1746 saboda rashin nasarar da aka yi a Prestonpans.