1779Valloton, aide-de-camp to the governor; and Lieutenant S. Wood, assistant town-major: the regiment was commanded by Major Bulleine Fancourt.[1]
1780A rigorous blockade being established by sea and land, a scarcity of provision was soon experienced; the soldiers, being resolutely determined to defend their position, submitted to privations which were unavoidable, although the scurvy made great ravages among them, and reduced their numbers. Early in 1780 Admiral Sir George Rodney arrived with a convoy, to the great joy and relief of the garrison, which was augmented by the second battalion of the Seventy-third Regiment.
The British fleet having departed, the Spaniards renewed the blockade by sea, and attempted to destroy the vessels in the harbour by fire-ships, but failed.
- ↑ Strength of the garrison of Gibraltar, at the commencement the blockade, 21st June, 1779.
Officers Staff. Serjeants. Drummers. Rank & File. British. Royal Artillery 25 0 17 15 428 Royal Engineers 8 0 6 2 106 12th Regiment 26 3 29 22 519 39th ” 25 4 29 22 506 56th ” 23 4 30 22 508 58th ” 25 3 29 22 526 72nd, or, Royal Manchester Volunteers (disbanded 1783) 29 4 47 22 944 Hanoverians. Hardenberg’s Regiment 16 13 42 14 367 Reden’s ” 15 12 42 14 361 De la Motte’s” 17 16 42 14 367 Total 209 59 313 169 4,632 - Governor, General George A. Eliott, afterwards Lord Heathfield.
- Lieut.-Governor, Lieut.-General R. Boyd.
- Commanding the Hanoverian Brigade, Major-General De la Motte
- Governor, General George A. Eliott, afterwards Lord Heathfield.
