GIA4698616 Grand Siege of Gibraltar 1779-1783 (engraving) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: on 13 Sept. 1782, the French and Spaniards attempted a large-scale combined operation to bring down the ramparts defended by the garrison of General George Augustus Eliott (1717-1790), engraving ??????As General Elliot had shot with red balls from all the Batteries of the Moles and those of the Mountain of Gibraltar, the prairies believed to be the test of Bomb and Boulet were not the test of anything, they received more than 4,000 red balls, which put the floating batteries in the most horrible desorder...??????; by Giancarlo Costa; out of copyright.