直布羅陀包圍戰

直布羅陀包圍戰（英語：Great Siege of Gibraltar）是美國獨立戰爭期間的一場戰役，西班牙王國和法蘭西王國為從英國奪取直布羅陀而進行的一場戰鬥。在圍困近四年後直布羅陀仍在英軍的控制下，包圍戰並未能獲得成功。

直布羅陀包圍戰
美國獨立戰爭的一部分
日期 1779年6月24日 – 1783年2月7日 (3年7個月又2周) 地點 直布羅陀 36.1397°N 5.3551°W / 36.1397; -5.3551 結果 英軍勝利[1][2]
參戰方
大不列顛 漢諾威	西班牙  法國
指揮官與領導者
喬治·艾略特 羅傑·柯蒂斯（英語：Roger Curtis）[3] 奧古斯特·德拉莫特（英語：August de la Motte）	克里永公爵（英語：Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, 1st Duke of Mahón） 科洛梅拉伯爵（英語：Martín Álvarez de Sotomayor）[4] 路易·德·科爾多瓦（英語：Luis de Córdova y Córdova） 安東尼奧·巴塞洛（英語：Antonio Barceló）[3]
兵力
1779年6月: 5,382人[5] 1782年9月: 7,500人[6](包括500名炮兵)[7] 96門大炮 12艘巡邏艦[8] 總計: 7,500人以上	1779年6月: 13,749人[9] 1782年9月: 33,000[10]–35,000名士兵[11] 30,000名水手[12] 114門大炮及迫擊炮 [13]; 47艘風帆戰艦[11] 10艘浮動炮台 7艘風帆商船 40艘巡邏艦[9] 總計: 65,000人
傷亡與損失
2,573人傷亡[14] 996名民兵死亡[14]	6,000人傷亡[14] 10艘艦沈沒 1艘戰列艦被俘

註腳

1. Syrret 2006，第105頁. sfn模板錯誤: 無指向目標: CITEREFSyrret2006 (幫助)
2. Chartrand & Courcelle 2006，第86頁.
3. Chartrand & Courcelle 2006，第18–22頁.
4. Norwich 2006，第394頁.
5. Montero 1860，第339頁.
6. Chartrand & Courcelle 2006，第63頁:『Of 7,500 men in the Gibraltar garrison in September (including 400 in hospital), some 3,430 were always on duty』
7. Monti 1852，第133頁.
8. Falkner 2009，第156頁.
9. Montero 1860，第338頁.
10. Montero 1860，第356頁.
11. Chartrand & Courcelle 2006，第79頁.
12. Chartrand & Courcelle 2006，第79 『some 30,000 sailors in the combined fleet』頁.
13. Chartrand & Courcelle 2006，第49頁.
14. Clodfelter, Micheal. Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures, 1492-2015, 4th ed. McFarland. 2017: 132. ISBN 978-0786474707.

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