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| | Encyclopedia: Siege of Gibraltar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | The garrison, led by George Augustus Eliott, later 1st Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar, survived a blockade of supplies and, starting September 13, 1782, an assault involving 100,000 men, 48 ships and 450 cannon. |
 | | By February 1783, the Siege was over, and George Augustus Eliott was awarded the Knight of the Bath and was created 1st Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar. |
 | | George Augustus Eliott (December 25, 1717-July 6, 1790) was born at Wells House, nr Stobs Castle, Roxburghshire, the 7th son of Sir Gilbert Eliott, 3rd Baronet of Stobs, by Eleanor, daughter of William Elliot, of Wells, also in Roxburghshire. |
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