Battle of Cuddalore (1783)

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The Battle of Cuddalore (1783) was a late-stage naval and land engagement off the coast of India between British and French forces, fought during the American Revolutionary War and the Second Anglo-Mysore War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf land battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
associatedPlace Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu ⓘ
linked to: Cuddalore

Fort St. David ⓘ
belligerent Kingdom of France ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Mysore ⓘ
linked to: Mysuru
casualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
cause British blockade of French-held Cuddalore ⓘ
French attempt to relieve besieged Cuddalore ⓘ
combatType combined land and sea operation ⓘ
line-of-battle naval engagement ⓘ
commander Bailli de Suffren ⓘ
Bussy-Castelnau ⓘ
Sir Edward Hughes ⓘ
Tipu Sultan ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Second Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ
country India ⓘ
date 20 June 1783 ⓘ
followedBy implementation of peace preliminaries between Britain and France ⓘ
garrison French troops in Cuddalore ⓘ
historicalRegion Carnatic region ⓘ
landCommanderMysore Tipu Sultan ⓘ
location Bay of Bengal ⓘ
off Cuddalore ⓘ
off the coast of India ⓘ
navalCommanderBritish Sir Edward Hughes ⓘ
navalCommanderFrench Pierre André de Suffren ⓘ
navalForcesBritish British East Indies Squadron ⓘ
navalForcesFrench French Indian Ocean squadron ⓘ
notable last major naval battle of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
one of the final actions between Hughes and Suffren ⓘ
opponent British Royal Navy ⓘ
linked to: Royal Navy

French Navy ⓘ
partOf Anglo-French War (1778–1783) ⓘ
peaceContext fought after preliminary peace between Britain and the United States but before peace between Britain and France was known locally ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Trincomalee ⓘ
relatedConflict Siege of Cuddalore (1783) ⓘ
result inconclusive ⓘ
tactically indecisive ⓘ
strategicOutcome French failure to break British blockade of Cuddalore ⓘ
supportedBy Mysorean forces ⓘ
theatre Indian Ocean theatre of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Second Anglo-Mysore War in southern India ⓘ
year 1783 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Anglo-Mysore War → notableEvent → Battle of Cuddalore (1783) ⓘ
Battle of Cuddalore (1758) → distinguishedFrom → Battle of Cuddalore (1783) ⓘ
Pierre André de Suffren → notableBattle → Battle of Cuddalore (1783) ⓘ
Sir Edward Hughes → notableBattle → Battle of Cuddalore (1783) ⓘ
Battle of Trincomalee → followedBy → Battle of Cuddalore (1783) ⓘ
Siege of Cuddalore (1783) → hasPart → Battle of Cuddalore (1783) ⓘ
Siege of Cuddalore (1783) → relatedTo → Naval Battle of Cuddalore (1783) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Cuddalore (1783)
French Indian Ocean squadron → engagement → Battle of Cuddalore (1783) ⓘ