defence of Gibraltar 1779–1783

Target entity: defence of Gibraltar 1779–1783
Context triple: [Great Siege Tunnels, significantEvent, defence of Gibraltar 1779–1783]

• A. Anglo-Spanish War (1727–1729)
  The Anglo-Spanish War (1727–1729) was an 18th-century conflict between Britain and Spain, chiefly marked by the British siege of Gibraltar and rooted in ongoing commercial and territorial rivalries following the War of the Spanish Succession.
• B. Battle of Minorca (1756)
  The Battle of Minorca (1756) was a major naval engagement in the early Seven Years' War between Britain and France that led to the loss of the island of Minorca to France and the controversial court-martial and execution of British Admiral John Byng.
• C. Spanish invasion of Sardinia in 1717
  The Spanish invasion of Sardinia in 1717 was a Bourbon Spain military campaign to seize the island from Habsburg control, helping trigger the wider War of the Quadruple Alliance.
• D. Battle of Cape Passaro
  The Battle of Cape Passaro was a 1718 naval engagement off the coast of Sicily in which the British fleet decisively defeated the Spanish, helping to trigger and shape the War of the Quadruple Alliance.
• E. Portugal campaign of the Seven Years' War
  The Portugal campaign of the Seven Years' War was a 1762 military conflict in which Britain and Portugal successfully defended Portuguese territory against a Spanish-French invasion as part of the wider global Seven Years' War.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: defence of Gibraltar 1779–1783
Target entity description: The defence of Gibraltar 1779–1783, also known as the Great Siege of Gibraltar, was a prolonged British resistance against combined Spanish and French forces during the American Revolutionary War, ultimately securing British control of the strategic Mediterranean fortress.

• A. Anglo-Spanish War (1727–1729)
  The Anglo-Spanish War (1727–1729) was an 18th-century conflict between Britain and Spain, chiefly marked by the British siege of Gibraltar and rooted in ongoing commercial and territorial rivalries following the War of the Spanish Succession.
• B. Battle of Minorca (1756)
  The Battle of Minorca (1756) was a major naval engagement in the early Seven Years' War between Britain and France that led to the loss of the island of Minorca to France and the controversial court-martial and execution of British Admiral John Byng.
• C. Spanish invasion of Sardinia in 1717
  The Spanish invasion of Sardinia in 1717 was a Bourbon Spain military campaign to seize the island from Habsburg control, helping trigger the wider War of the Quadruple Alliance.
• D. Battle of Cape Passaro
  The Battle of Cape Passaro was a 1718 naval engagement off the coast of Sicily in which the British fleet decisively defeated the Spanish, helping to trigger and shape the War of the Quadruple Alliance.
• E. Portugal campaign of the Seven Years' War
  The Portugal campaign of the Seven Years' War was a 1762 military conflict in which Britain and Portugal successfully defended Portuguese territory against a Spanish-French invasion as part of the wider global Seven Years' War.
• F. None of above. chosen