See also:

• ALGECIRAS, or ALGEZIRAS

ALGECIRAS, or ALGEZIRAS  , a seaport of See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• CADIZ
• CADIZ (Cadiz)
• CADIZ (in Lat. Gades, and formerly called Cales by the English)

Cadiz, 6 m . W. of See also:

• GIBRALTAR

Gibraltar, on the opposite See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the See also:

• BAY

Bay of See also:

• ALGECIRAS, or ALGEZIRAS

Algeciras . Pop . (1900) 13,302 . Algeciras stands at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of a railway from See also:

• GRANADA
• GRANADA, LUIS DE (1504-1588)

Granada, but its only means of See also:

• ACCESS (Lat. accessus)

access to Gibraltar is by See also:

• WATER

water . Its name, which signifies in Arabic the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island, is derived from a small islet on one side of the See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour . It is supplied with water by means of a beautiful See also:

• AQUEDUCT (Lat. aqua, water, and ducere, to lead; Gr. apaymryeiov, apayeeywov, vlrovopos)

aqueduct . The See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter See also:

• CLIMATE

climate of Algeciras attracts many invalid visitors, on whom the See also:

• TOWN

town largely depends for its prosperity . The harbour is See also:

• BAD, BCD

bad, but at the beginning of the loth See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century it became important as a fishing-station . See also:

• WHITING
• WHITING (Gadus merlangus)

Whiting, soles, See also:

• BREAM (Abramis)

bream, See also:

• BASS
• BASS (the same word as " base," and so pronounced, but influenced in spelling by the Ital. basso)

bass and other See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish are caught in See also:

• GREAT

great quantities by the Algeciras See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam-trawlers, which visit the Moroccan See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, as well as See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish and neutral See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters . There is also some See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in See also:

• FARM

farm produce and See also:

• BUILDING

building materials which supplies a See also:

• FLEET

fleet of small coasters with See also:

• CARGO (Span. for " loading," from Lat. carries, car)

cargo . Algeciras was perhaps the See also:

• PORTUS

Portus Albus of the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans,. but it was probably refounded in 713 by the See also:

• MOORS (Lat. Mauri; Gr. Mavpot, dark men)
• MOORS, KABYLES, MZABITES

Moors, who retained See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of it until 1344 .

It was then taken by See also:

• ALPHONSO

Alphonso XI. of See also:

• CASTILE, or CASTILLE (Castilla)

Castile after a celebrated See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of twenty months, which attracted crusaders from all parts of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe; among them being the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• DERBY
• DERBY, EARLS OF

Derby, See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward III . It is said that during this siege See also:

• GUNPOWDER

gunpowder was first used by the Moors in the See also:

• WARS

wars of Europe . The Moorish See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city was destroyed by Alphonso; it was first reoccupied by Spanish colonists from Gibraltar in 1704; and the See also:

• MODERN

modern town was erected in 176o by See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles III . During the siege of Gibraltar in 178o-1782, Algeciras was the station of the Spanish fleet and floating batteries . On the 6th of See also:

• JULY

July 18oi the English See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• SAUMAREZ, JAMES SAUMAREZ

Saumarez attacked a Franco-Spanish fleet off Algeciras, 1 . 21 and sustained a See also:

• REVERSE

reverse; but on the 12th he again attacked the enemy, whose fleet was See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double his own strength, and inflicted on them a See also:

• COMPLETE

complete defeat . The important See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

international See also:

• CONFERENCE

conference on Moroccan affairs, which resulted in an agreement between See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, was held at Algeciras from the 16th of See also:

• JANUARY

January to the 7th of See also:

• APRIL

April sgo6 . (See See also:

• MOROCCO

MOROCCO) .