ANNIVERSARY IN GIBRALTAR
250 YEARS SINCE CAPTURE (From a Reuter Correspondent)
GIBRALTAR. The 250th anniversary of the capture of Gibraltar by Britain is being celebrated this month. It cost a British naval and marine force 61 men killed and 252 wounded before the Spanish garrison surrendered to the fleet of Sir George Rooke after a bombardment lasting sjx hours on July 22' 1704. Since that time, several attempts have been made by Spain to recapture the fortress. Today, the residents of Gibraltar, still enthusiastic over the recent visit of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh, forsee more friction, as the Spaniards are not likely to look kindly on the reminder of their defeat in 1704.
This opinion has been strengthened in a recent article by General Franco under his favourite pen-name of “Macauley” in “Arriba,” in which he announced that “an end would be made of the smuggling and speculation centred in Gibraltar.” He said that the “licentious recreation of the British soldiery in the Spanish frontier area” would have to cease.
The most serious measure by Spain to perturb the life of the people of Gibraltar has been the closing of the Snanish Consulate which causes much inconvenience to all non-Spaniards wishing to cross the frontier between Gibraltar and Spain. The present frontier passes for nonSpaniards ‘will be extended for another three months, when they will expire, but after that it is expected that it will mean sending the applicant’s passport to the Spanish Con-sulate-General in London to obtain a further extension.
Gibraltar residents are crossing the frontier less now. Formerly, residents of “The Rock” liked to cross to Spain for dinner. Now, new restaurants and night clubs are opening in Gibraltar to cater for the “stay-at-homes.” Gibraltar people like to get away from “The Rock” now and again. As one British private soldier summed up the situation: “The apes may be happy to live their lives on two square miles of rock—but I’m not an ape.” '
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27396, 8 July 1954, Page 9
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329ANNIVERSARY IN GIBRALTAR Press, Volume XC, Issue 27396, 8 July 1954, Page 9
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