Gibraltar Chronicle
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The Gibraltar Chronicle is a national newspaper published in Gibraltar since 1801. It became a daily in 1821. It is Gibraltar's oldest established daily newspaper and the world's second oldest English language newspaper to have been in print continuously. Its editorial offices are at Watergate House, and the print works are in the New Harbours industrial estate.
History
The Gibraltar Chronicle was born in direct relationship with the garrison. Casualty lists and news were slow in the 18th century and when five regiments from the Garrison of Gibraltar were promptly shipped to
The last of the Gibraltar Chronicle to be numbered in Roman numerals was number 160 (CLX) of 22 September 1804. Publication then ceased for five months owing to the yellow fever epidemic until number 161 appeared on 23 March 1805, and it afterwards continued to be published weekly in editions bearing Arabic numerals.
The first 160 editions carried verbatim extracts from
The Chronicle did not lose its military character until well into the twentieth century. It is currently owned by an independent local trust.
News on victory of Trafalgar
The Gibraltar Chronicle published the news of the victory of Trafalgar on 23 October, i.e. only two days after the event, in English and French, and included a letter from Admiral Collingwood to the
SUPPLEMENT TO THE GIBRALTAR CHRONICLE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1805. – (PRICE ONE REAL AND A HALF.) (A later French Translation of the following Particulars will be published on Thursday next.) GIBRALTAR, NOVEMBER 2, 1805. this first copy of the Supplement, in English. The supplement a detailed narrative of Nelson's actions during the engagement (including the famed telegraph "ENGLAND expects that every man will do his duty.
Still nearly a week in advance of the news reaching London, the Chronicle prints the first full account of the circumstances of Nelson’s actions at the Battle of Trafalgar, as well as reliable first-hand accounts of events which were later "modified" in the retelling. The earliest possible reliable account for many "facts" which have become, in one form or another, legend.
Archives
Only two complete, or almost complete, sets of the Gibraltar Chronicle are known to exist and both are in Gibraltar. The Garrison Library holds a complete series from 1801 which includes the famous Trafalgar "scoop" edition. The library announced in 2020 that it was planning the digitisation of its newspaper collection.[5] A near-complete set, from which only the first few years are missing, can be found at the Gibraltar Archives.[6]
See also
Notes and references
- ^ "The Gibraltar Chronicle". Gibraltar costasur.com
- ISBN 0-9524808-0-8
- ^ "The Battle of Trafalgar". History of War
- ^ Faith Matters The Parish Church of ST. FAITH in HAVANT newsletter Archived 15 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Gibraltar Chronicle". Gibraltar Garrison Library. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ Wheeler, Dennis (2009). Ballantine Perera, Jennifer (ed.). "Gibraltar's Weather Records: The Gibraltar Chronicle, Letters, Diaries and Publications". Gibraltar Heritage Journal. 16. Grendon & Gibraltar: Friends of Gibraltar & Gibraltar Heritage Trust: 38.