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...
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Pierre André de Suffren (redirect from Bailli of Suffren)
Ceylon. On 12, the Battle of Providien broke out, leaving both squadrons damaged. Suffren retreated to the safety of the Dutch forts of Batacalo to repair...
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rulers of Mysore. Suffren fought in the Battle of Sadras on 17 February 1782, the Battle of Providien on 12 April near Trincomalee and the Battle of Negapatam...
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James Alms (category Royal Navy personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession)
the Battle of Providien. He retired ashore after the end of the war, and died in 1791. Alms was born in Gosport, Hampshire on 15 July 1728, the son of John...
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HMS Sultan (1775) (category Ships of the line of the Royal Navy)
Indies, arriving from England on 30 March in time to fight in the battles of Providien, Negapatam and Trincomalee. Her last action was at Cuddalore in 1783...
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refitting, and revictualing, they met again in the April Battle of Providien, south of the Ceylonese port of Trincomalee, which was ended by a storm and then...
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Franco-American alliance (section Treaty of Alliance)
rulers of Mysore. Suffren fought in the Battle of Sadras on February 17, 1782, the Battle of Providien on April 12 near Trincomalee, the Battle of Negapatam...
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Franco-Indian Alliances (category History of the foreign relations of India)
rulers of Mysore. Suffren fought in the Battle of Sadras on February 17, 1782, the Battle of Providien on April 12 near Trincomalee, the Battle of Negapatam...
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through the French line. Battle of Providien 12 April – French and English squadrons clash in an indecisive engagement. Battle of the Black River 13 April-23...
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Étienne-François de Cillart de Villeneuve (category Year of death missing)
command of Bellone. Cillart commanded Sévère at the Battle of Sadras on 17 February 1782 and at the Battle of Providien on 12 April 1782. At the Battle of Negapatam...
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