The British captured this narrow peninsula in 1704; Spain has coveted it ever since
... to capture the Rock, codenamed Operation Felix, were frustrated 
by Spain's... [DOC] [TLE] about gibraltar - GibYellow.gi [PAR] Spain had sided with Napoleon against Britain until Napoleon overrun Spain ... 
water so, when the Iberian Peninsula looks arid and brown, the Rock is 'green', 
covered in .... St Michael's Cave has interested visitors to Gibraltar ever since the 
days of ..... Rooke, person responsible for the British capture of the Rock in 1704.