A journal of the late and important blockade and siege of Gibraltar, from the twelfth of September 1779, to the third day of February 1783. Containing A minute Detail of the memorable and interesting Transactions, Naval and Military Operations; Interspersed With historical Accounts of the Garrison, genuine and entertaining Anecdotes, &c. &c. By Samuel Ancell, Clerk to the 58th Regiment, In a Series of Letters wrote on the Spot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ancell, Samuel, d. 1802.

Standardized Title:

Circumstantial journal of the long and tedious blockade and siege of Gibraltar

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gibraltar--History--Siege, 1779-1783.

Gibraltar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (148,[2],149-160,[2],161-232,[2],233-274p.,plates ) port.,maps ;

Edition:

The third edition.

Other Title:

Journal of the late and important blockade and siege of Gibraltar,

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : printed for the author, and sold by the booksellers in town and country, M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786]

Notes:

"None are genuine but what are signed by my hand".

Some of the plates with leaves of descriptive letterpress.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T97134.

OCLC:

642760078