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<font color="white" face="Geneva,Arial" size="2">Called by the Spanish, Punta del Diablo, Devils Gap Battery stands on the escarpment above the town looking out across the bay at a height of 430 feet above sea level. During the Great Siege in 1779 it mounted at least one mortar, possibly more. In 1878 two 9-inch RMLs. were proposed and installed in June 1881, but dismounted in 1900. In July 1896 work started on a new platform to the north for two 12-pdr. 12 cwt QF Mark I guns which were ready on 31 August 1896.</font>
<p><font color="white" face="Geneva,Arial" size="2">In June 1900 it was proposed to mount two 6inch BL Mk. VII guns on central pivot Mark II mountings with a range of 6,000 yards capable of bearing on land batteries and on the Bay. These were installed in 1902, with magazines and shelters in October 1903.</font></p>
<p><font color="white" face="Geneva,Arial" size="2">One of the guns fired on and sunk a German submarine lying close to Algeciras in August 1917.</font></p>
<p><font color="white" face="Geneva,Arial" size="2">The guns were manned in 1936 during the bombardment of the Campamento and La Linea by Spanish Government naval units.</font></p>
<p><font color="white" face="Geneva,Arial" size="2">In the Second World War the guns were the first to fire a 'bring to' shot.</font></p>
<p><font color="white" face="Geneva,Arial" size="2">In 1954 the battery ceased its role of close defence examination but the 6-inch guns were retained and are still in position.</font>
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