King's Lines
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The King's Lines are a walled rock-cut trench on the lower slopes of the north-west face of the Rock of Gibraltar. Forming part of the Northern Defences of the fortifications of Gibraltar, they were o
View of the King's Lines and the Isthmus in 1783
The Communication Line of the Round Tower, 1704
Second World War casemated trench in the King's Lines
Twelfth siege of Gibraltar
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The twelfth siege of Gibraltar was fought between September 1704 and May 1705 during the War of the Spanish Succession. It followed the capture in August 1704 of the fortified town of Gibraltar, at th
King's Lines
…Archduke of Austria who claimed the crown of Spain during the War of the Spanish Succession. The Lines were named after him. They saw use during the Twelfth Siege of Gibraltar (1704–5), when the Spanish and their French allies succeeded in breaching the defences but were repelled; during the Thirteenth Siege (1727), when they…
Veüe du d'Estroit de Gibraltar et des Environs, avec les tranchées du Siège mis en 1704, Louis Boudan
The northern approach to Gibraltar as seen in 1567; the view would have been substantially the same in 1704
George of Hesse-Darmstadt, who commanded Gibraltar's garrison during the siege
The sheer east side of the Rock of Gibraltar, which was scaled by a Bourbon Spanish force on 11 November 1704 to carry out an unsuccessful surprise attack