Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - The Great Siege of Gibraltar yakagara kubva musi wa 24 Chikumi 1779 kusvika musi wa 7 Kukadzi 1783 uye inoramba iri imwe yenzvimbo dzakareba kwazvo dzakatenderwa nemauto eBritish, pamwe nekuve imwe yenzvimbo dzakareba kwazvo dzisingaperi munhoroondo. Ngarava dzeSpain neFrance dzakanga dzakabatana dzakavhara Gibraltar dzichibva mugungwa, nepo kurutivi rwomunyika hondo huru yakanga iri mubasa rokuvaka nhare, masvingo, masvingo, uye mabhatiri okurwisa Gibraltar. VaSpanish vakapa nhamba inowedzera yemauto nengarava pakukomba, vachidzosera mberi kurwiswa kwakanga kwakarongwa kweEngland neArmada ya1779
. Kurerutswa kwekutanga kwekukombwa kwakauya muchirimo cha1780 apo Admiral George Rodney akabata ngoro yeSpain kubva kuCape Finesterre uye akakunda ngarava dzeSpain muHondo yeCape St. Vincent, achiendesa kusimbiswa kwevarume 1,052 uye huwandu hwezvinhu.