 A combined British and Dutch force under the British Admiral Sir George Rooke and Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt attacked the Rock on 1 August 1704, and the outnumbered and outgunned garrison surrendered on 4 August 1704.A Franco-Spanish army reached the Rock in early September 1704 and began a siege in October.Governor Henry Nugent was mortally wounded on 9 November 1704 at San Pablo Battery (North Bastion).