Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A nọchibidoro Gibraltar ruo ihe karịrị afọ atọ, ma ndị agha Britain ji isi ike guzogide ya, e nyekwara ha ihe oriri ugboro abụọ: otu mgbe Admiral George Rodney merisịrị Juan de Lángara n'agha 1780 a lụrụ na Cape St. Vincent, nke ọzọkwa bụ Admiral Richard Howe na 1782. Mgbalị ndị ọzọ France na Spen mere iji weghara Gibraltar enweghị ihe ịga nke ọma. Otu ihe ịga nke ọma pụtara ìhè mere na 5 February 1782, mgbe ndị Spain weghachitere Minorca. Atụmatụ dị elu maka
A ghaghị ịkwụsị mwakpo a wakporo Briten n'afọ 1779. Admiral Luis de Córdova y Córdova jidere ụgbọ mmiri abụọ nke ndị Britain na ngụkọta nke ụgbọ mmiri iri asaa na itoolu, gụnyere ụgbọ mmiri nke ndị ahịa iri ise na ise na frigates na ihe omume nke 9 August 1780.