 L’Olonnais marched to meet them with 380 men, and ambushed them not far from the small town of Gibraltar.The Spaniards lost 500 men, while the buccaneers suffered only 40 dead and 30 wounded.L'Olonnais spent six weeks in the city of Gibraltar, which he ransacked, collecting an enormous haul of cattle, gold, jewels, silver ingots, silks, and slaves.