THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Gibraltar captured by Britain
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On this day, 4th August in 1704, during the War of the Spanish Succession, Britain took control of Gibraltar after Spain surrendered, and “the Rock” subsequently became a British colony and a symbol of British naval strength.
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