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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/pocketbutter on 2024-11-20 22:09:06+00:00.

Original Title: TIL the largest battle of the American Revolution was not fought in the American colonies or by American revolutionaries. It was the Great Siege of Gibraltar, in which Spain unsuccessfully tried to take advantage of the war overseas to reclaim Gibraltar from Britain.