 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Chimwe chezvinangwa zvikuru zveSpain pakupinda kwayo muHondo yeAmerica yeRusununguko muna 1779 chaiva chokudzorera Gibraltar, yakanga yarasikirwa neGreat Britain muna 1704. VaSpanish vakaronga kutorazve Gibraltar nokurwisa uye kuuraya nenzara varwi vayo, vaisanganisira mauto aibva kuBritain neElectorate yeHanover. Kukombwa kwacho kwakatanga zviri pamutemo muna June 1779, vaSpanish pavakanga vavhara nzvimbo dzakapoteredza Dombo reGibraltar. Zvisinei, kuzvidzivirira kwacho kwaiva kusina simba, uye vaBritain vakaona kuti ngarava duku dzinokurumidza dzaigona kunzvenga vanodzivirira, nepo ngarava dzinononoka uye dzakakura dzaisagona. Pakupera kwa 1779, zvisinei, migove muGibraltar yakanga yapera chose chose, uye mutungamiriri wayo, Mukuru Mukuru George Eliott, akakumbira kubatsirwa kuLondon. Ngarava dzokutakura zvinhu dzakarongwa, uye mukupera kwaDecember 1779 ngarava huru dzakabva kuEngland dzichitungamirirwa naAdmiral Sir George Brydges Rodney. Kunyange zvazvo Rodney akanga arayirwa pakupedzisira kuti atungamirire ngarava dzeWest Indies, akanga ane mirayiridzo yakavanzika yokutanga kugoverazve Gibraltar neMenorca. Pana 4 January 1780 ngarava dzakakamurwa, nengarava dzakananga kuWest Indies dzichienda kumadokero. Izvi zvakaita kuti Rodney ave mutungamiriri wengarava 19 dzaifanira kuperekedza ngarava dzaienda kuGibraltar. 