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Evidence regarding the topics under discussion in the Gibraltar article

Capture of Gibraltar

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Some sources used during the discussion:

  • George Hills (1974). Rock of Contention. A History of Gibraltar. London: Robert Hale. pp. 173-174. ISBN 0-7091-4352-4


  • Sepúlveda, Isidro (2004). Gibraltar. La razón y la fuerza (Gibraltar. The reason and the force). in Spanish. Madrid: Alianza Editorial. pp. 89-91. ISBN 84-206-4184-7. Chapter 2, "La lucha por Gibraltar" (The Struggle for Gibraltar) (quickly translated by myself).




  • William Jackson (1990). The Rock of the Gibraltarians. A History of Gibraltar (Second ed.). Grendon, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom: Gibraltar Books. pp. 100–101. ISBN 0-948466-14-6.

(Notes: "outraged" is an euphemism for "raped"[1][2][3]; "bloody reprisals" is also an euphemism for "murders in retaliation")









Exodus to San Roque

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Some quotes used during the discussion:

  • Maurice Harvey (1996). Gibraltar. A History. Spellmount Limited. p. 68. ISBN 1-86227-103-8.:
  • William Jackson (1990). The Rock of the Gibraltarians. A History of Gibraltar (Second ed.). Grendon, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom: Gibraltar Books. p. 101. ISBN 0-948466-14-6.:
  • George Hills (1974). Rock of Contention. A History of Gibraltar. London: Robert Hale. p. 166. ISBN 0-7091-4352-4.:
  • Allen Andrews (1958). Proud fortress; the fighting story of Gibraltar. p. 54.
  • Edward G. Archer (2006). Gibraltar, identity and empire. p. 34.
  • Frederick Sayer (1862). The history of Gibraltar and of its political relation to events in Europe. p. 117.


Notability of the exodus to San Roque

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Hits in Google Books with "Gibraltar" in the title, "San Roque" and "1704" in the text and which explicitly mention the exodus to San Roque:

  • 'A journey to Gibraltar' (Mrs. Robert Henrey)
  • 'A New New English: language, politics, and identity in Gibraltar' (Anja Kellermann)
  • 'A popular history of Gibraltar, its institutions, and its neighbourhood on both sides of the Straits, and a guide book to their principal places and objects of interest' (Gilbard (George James, Lieut.-Colonel))
  • 'A red book on Gibraltar' (Spain. Minister of Foreign Affairs)
  • 'An introduction to the documents relating to the international status of Gibraltar, 1704-1934' (Wilbur Cortez Abbott)
  • 'Catálogo de la sección "Gibraltar" del Archivo Histórico Diocesano de Cádiz: 1518-1806' (Pablo Antón Solé)
  • 'Community and identity: the making of modern Gibraltar since 1704' (Stephen Constantine)
  • 'Das Leben und der Briefwechsel des Landgrafen Georg von Hessen-Darmstadt, des Eroberers und Vertheidigers von Gibraltar' (Heinrich Künzel)
  • 'Documents on Gibraltar: presented to the Spanish Cortes' (Spain. Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores)
  • 'El estrecho de Gibraltar: su función en la geopolítica nacional' (José Diaz de Villegas y Bustamente)
  • 'English and Spanish in Gibraltar ' (Dr. Johannes Kramer)
  • 'Espías en Gibraltar' (Enrique Arques)
  • 'Gibraltar and its people' (Philip Dennis)
  • 'Gibraltar ante la historia de España: compendio de los principales sucesos acaecidos en dicha ciudad, desde su fundación hasta nuestros días' (Juan del Álamo)
  • 'Gibraltar ante la historia' (Francisco Maria Tubino)
  • 'Gibraltar por la razón o la fuerza' (A. Gonzalo de Malvasía)
  • 'Gibraltar under Moor, Spaniar and Briton' (Edward Ranulph Kenyon)
  • 'Gibraltar y los españoles' (Gil Armangué Ríus)
  • 'Gibraltar y su campo: una economía deprimida' (Juan Velarde Fuertes)
  • 'Gibraltar, identity and empire' (Charles Carrington)
  • 'Gibraltar' (Edward G. Archer)
  • 'Gibraltar, la Roca de Calpe' (Ramón Ledesma Miranda)
  • 'Gibraltar: apuntes para la historia de la pérdida de esta plaza, de los sitios que le pusieron los españoles y de las negociaciones entre España e Inglaterra referentes a su restitución, 1704-1796' (Julián Juderías)
  • 'Gibraltar: British or Spanish?' (Peter Gold)
  • 'Gibraltar: historia de una usurpación' (Servicio Informativo Español)
  • 'Historia de Gibraltar' (Ignacio López de Ayala)
  • 'La España irredenta: Gibraltar' (Blas Piñar)
  • 'La Parroquia de Gibraltar en San Roque (documentos 1462-1853)' (Rafael Caldelas López)
  • 'La población de Gibraltar: sus orígenes, naturaleza y sentido' (Gumersindo Rico)
  • 'Los republicanos españoles y Gibraltar' (Mariano Granados)
  • 'Razones de España sobre Gibraltar' (Fernando María Castiella)
  • 'Rock of contention: a history of Gibraltar' (George Hills)
  • 'Southern Spain: with Gibraltar, Ceuta & Tangier' (Litellus Russell Muirhead)
  • 'The Dispute Over Gibraltar' (Melissa R. Jordine)
  • 'The Rock of the Gibraltarians: a history of Gibraltar' (Sir William Godfrey Fothergill Jackson – 1987)
  • 'The siege of Gibraltar, 1779-1783' (Tom Henderson McGuffie)
  • 'The story of Gibraltar: first outpost of empire' (Henry William Howes)

Benchmark on the notability of the exodus to San Roque in secondary sources

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Benchmarks of relative notability of San Roque vis a vis other issues in the History section (searching in googlebooks): San Roque is between 2 and 9 times more covered by History of Gibraltar books than at least 9 other events currently (and undisputedly) included in the History section of the article:

San Roque: Number of books with the word "Gibraltar" in the title and "San Roque" in the text:

  • San Roque: 99 books (I've checked that 37 of them describe the historical episode of most inhabitants going from Gibraltar to San Roque)[6]
  • San Roque: 16 books (with the word "History" in the title, as well as the word "Gibraltar"), 9 mention the exodus, 2 are about other issues and 5 are duplicated[7]


Other episodes that are not disputed in the History section of the Gibraltar article:

  • Number of books with “Cordoba” (or “Cordova”) and 1474 in the text and “Gibraltar” in the title : 4 [8]
  • Number of books with “Trafalgar” and 1805 in the text and “Gibraltar” in the title: 33 [9]
  • Number of books with “Operation Felix” (or “Operación Felix”) in the text and “Gibraltar” in the title: 22 [10][11]
  • Number of books with “Suez” and “British Empire” in the text and “Gibraltar” in the title: 10 [12]
  • Number of books with “referendum” and “1967” in the text and “Gibraltar” in the title: 30 [13]


Other events that were described in the article at some point along the discussion, but never were disputed by the editors wanting to remove the mention to San Roque: Number of books with the word "Gibraltar" in the title and a keyword relative to the event in the text:

  • Abd al-Mumin or Abd al-Mu'min: 7 books[14]
  • Pedro de Herrera: 1 book[15]
  • HMS Arethusa: 1 book[16]
  • HMS Hunter: 1 book[17]
  • Deutschland: 13 books[18]
  • Guernica: 4 books [19]
  • Endymion: 6 books[20]
  • Jose Luis Diez: 6 books[21]
  • Sikorski: 6 books[22]