The British captured this narrow peninsula in 1704; Spain has coveted it ever since
Captured from Spain by the English and Dutch in 1704 and ceded to 
England in ... has been a British possession ever since (much to the annoyance 
of Spain, ... Britain to dominate the narrow Mediterranean-Atlantic passage, but 
today the... [DOC] [TLE] Spain facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about ... [PAR] Spain has long claimed Gibraltar, a narrow peninsula on the south coast, which 
was taken by a British-Dutch fleet in 1704 and became a British colony under the 
... with fertile valleys and large areas under pasture and covered with forests.