It could also be argued that the battle itself wasn’t part of the war in that the belligerents involved were not fighting over American independence but rather Spain’s claim on Gibraltar.

John Magnier's elaborate plan to make up for a snobbish slur on his mate Alex Ferguson would lead to an epic battle for a £50m horse. Liam Collins tells the story of the showdown between a ...

Drivers were forced to queue for hours in blistering heat as Spain tightened its border controls with Gibraltar in the wake of the standoff at sea on Thursday. The tailback on Friday and Saturday ...

A few years later, in 1713, the Treaty of Utrecht - which formally ceded Gibraltar to the British - made clear Jews and Muslims should be banned from the Rock. It did not work. A century later - in ...

This could be a description of Gibraltar, the British exclave on the southern Spanish coast that was the subject of an international row last week as Madrid stepped up its claims of sovereignty ...

(Though Nelson won that battle, he didn't survive it. According to legend, his body was preserved in a barrel of spirits for the trip back to London.) The Gibraltar business sense is quirky.

Gibraltar’s Battle of the Sexes, a 10-a-side series of 100 games between evenly matched teams of men and women, provided a fluctuating and entertaining struggle. The women’s team began ...