Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kukombwa kukuru kweGibraltar kwakatora kubva musi wa24 Chikumi 1779 kusvika musi wa7 Kukadzi 1783 uye kunoramba kuri kumwe kwekukombwa kwakareba kwakatsungirirwa neBritish Armed Forces, pamwe nekuve kumwe kwekukombwa kwakareba kusingaperi 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 huwandu hwakawanda hwemauto nengarava kukombwa, vachidzosera mberi kurwiswa kwakarongwa kweEngland ne
Armada 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.