On July 24, the allied fleet arrived outside Gibraltar. In all, Rooke commanded 16 English ships under Byng and six Dutch ships under Rear Admiral Paulus van der Dussen. The ships positioned themselves inside the harbor, carefully out of range of the bastion’s guns. Rooke directed matters from his flagship, Royal Katherine, at the entrance to the bay. Beginning with a brief covering barrage laid down by the guns of his fleet, Rooke launched an amphibious assault by 1,900 Engl

Rare photo emerges of female codebreakers who worked in secret using world's first electronic computer to crack Hitler's messages during World War TwoA forgotten photograph found in a desk drawer has cast light on the secretive world of the female codebreakers who operated the world's first electronic computer used to crack Nazi messages during the Second World War. The image, which was never been seen before, was kept hidden in a bureau for 70 years by veteran Joanna Chorley