Battle of Negapatam (1782)
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The Battle of Negapatam was the third in a series of battles fought between a British fleet, under Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes, and a French fleet, under the Bailli de Suffren, off the coast of Ind
Battle of Negapatam, 6 July 1782 Dominic Serres, 1786
Suffren meeting with Hyder Ali in 1782, J.B. Morret engraving, 1789.
Battle of Providien
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The Battle of Providien was the second in a series of naval battles fought between a British fleet, under Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes, and a French fleet, under the Bailli de Suffren, off the coast
Battle of Negapatam (1782)
…Hughes in the inconclusive Battle of Sadras. After both fleets spent time in port repairing, refitting, and re-provisioning, they met again in the April Battle of Providien, south of the Ceylonese port of Trincomalee, that was ended by a storm and then nightfall. Hughes put into Trincomalee, a formerly Dutch port the British…
1784 painting of the battle
Painting of the battle by Richard Paton