The Battles for Gibralter were easy vitories for the Spanish-French forces.
In the land battle, 23 Spanish units faced off against just 8 British. Battlefield 5 Odd was rolled for and the players elected to install a wood along the road connecing the two towns as the only additional terrain.
The British core force entered from the lower left corner, while the Spanish core force was placed on their right (opposite the two-block village), a reserve veteran infantry brigade was posted in the center, and the Spanish cavalry brigade was unopposed on the right. British rolled to be the attacker, thus denying the Spanish one leader, but placing the objective marker in the Spanish set-up area.
The battle opened with the Spanish and British racing in march column to occupy the village. The British were able to deploy in the right-hand block but the left-hand block was contested throughout the battle. The British used their artillery to block a flanking attack on their left.
The Spanish cavalry, by remaining in road column, quickly passed through the wood and came at the British position from the right. The British commander deployed a six-stand infantry brigade along the road leading south from the village and this force was able to stand for two charges by the Spanish cavalry, once with a single regiment, then with two regiments of cavalry.
By this time the Spanish center had been able to penetrate the woods and attacked the hinge of the British line. While the third Spanish cavalry regiment held the opposing British 4-stand unit in square, that square was assaulted by artillery at canister range and then charged by a mixed force of cavalry and infantry. This combined arms attack was repulsed, and the cavalry marched to the rear to leave the job to the Spanish infantry who were now avaliable in force. Meanwhile, the Spanish Irregular cavalry in march column flooded through a gap between two British squares and reformed in the British rear. The British Rifle battalion was forced to about-face in order to protect the army's rear.
On Turn 10, the Spanish launched attacks all along the front which broke that army. Infantry from the core force charged and destroyed the artillery on the British left and pushed back the units assualting the left-hand town block. A force from both the core force and the veteran brigade, with engineers assisting evicted the British from the second town block. More units from the reserve infantry brigade overwhelmed the British square at the hinge of the British line, and the large infantry unit along the short road finally succumbed to the Spanish cavalry.
End of the land battle.
The discouraged British leadership chose to surrender the remainder of the fortress without a seige, while the local Roval Navy commander elected not the attempt a sortie against the blockading Spanish-France fleets, and surrendered half of the squadrons in the Royal Navy without a fight.