The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-09-19

darkness mad fallen again they scaled
the wall, surrounded the signal house,
and in few moments overpowered
the guard. The British in the fortress
never dreamed of danger SO close at
hand. Ropes and ladders were low
cred stealthily over the precipice, and
the Sapiards, feeling sure of victory,
brought up several hundred men for
the attack. If all had gone well, Glib
raltar might have been in the hands
of Spain again before sunrise; but
some part of the work was. clumsily
done, for British sentries caught the
alarm, and body of grenadiers, has
tily called together rushed out upon
their midnight assailants. Gibraltar
was saved for the British. Some of
the Spaniards they hurled over the
cliff; the rest surrendered and were
taken prisoners
The history of Gibraltar was for
many centuries one of siege and cap
lures. The rock was first known to
the Greeks and Romans as one of the
pillars of Hercules; the other, Mt.
Abyla, stands on the African shore.
But at that period, when ships hardly
sailed out of the Mediterranean, the
pillar" was unimportant to any great
udJlOu Ill wal IL lCll lAlO tuC AcHuS
of Phenicians, Romans, Carthagenians
and Visigoths at Different periods in
history Tarik, landing there when he
crossed from Africa, which was there
| fore called Gebel-al-Tarik chill of
Gibraltar. 1t fell into the hands of
England after the Spaniards and
Moors fought over it for centuries.
| IN IN, ho cioUo that
began in 1879 and lasted more than
three years, England came danger
ously near losing the fortress. Spain
and France TODD advantage of British
losses in America to open fire on the
Mediterranean stronghold. After the
garrison of over 5000 men had been
reduced to starvation. and only the
bravery of, General Eliot could keep
them together, Gibraltar was bom-
barded from the mainland. Just when
his command seemed lost under the
strain of attack and of hardships en-
dured so long, the Scotsman led his
rtoops to the attack, and, taking the
much larger Spanish army by sur
prise, drove them back and burned
their Notifications. Again Spain and
France attacked from the sea; but
Eliot burned their ships with redhot
cannon balls. The struggle was re-
newed from time to time all during
the siege, until at last peace was pro-
claimed. General Eliot, returning
home, was received with the highest
military honors for his courage.
England has been offered all of
SPANS possessions in Africa in ex-
change for the one great sterile rock;
yet nothing will induce her to give up
that hold on the gate of the Mediter-
ranean.
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