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{{War|name=East Indies Campaign|dates=1778-83 |image= |location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_India South India] and [[Ceylon]]|combatant1=British Navy and the [[East India Company]] |combatant2=French and Dutch |result=British increased influence |medal=|category=[[:Category:East Indies Campaign|East Indies Campaign]] }}
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== Summary ==
This conflict was part of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War American Revolutionary War ] (1775–1783) and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Anglo-Dutch_War Fourth Anglo-Dutch War] (1780–1784). The [[French]] sided with the Americans and declared war on Britain in 1778. The [[Dutch]] sided with facilitated supplies to the Americans French and thus became embroiled in the conflict. In the East Indies the British acted against their South Asian French and Dutch colonial possessions.The French formed an alliance with Hyder Ali so some of the land actions also were part of the [[2nd Mysore War]].==Related articles ==For further details of events during this period see the following articles{||[[Battle of Pondicherry 1778|Battle of Pondicherry]]|10 Aug-19 Oct 1778|-|[[Loss of Cuddalore 1781|Loss of Cuddalore]]|8 April 1781|-|[[Siege of Negapatam]]|21 Oct-11 Nov 1781|-|[[Capture of Trincomalee Jan 1782|Capture of Trincomalee]]|11 January 1782|-|[[Battle of Sadras]]|17 February 1782|-|[[Battle of Providien]]|12 April 1782|-|[[Battle of Negapatam]]|6 July 1782|-|[[Loss of Trincomalee Aug 1782|Loss of Trincomalee]]|31 August 1782|-|[[Action off Trincomalee]]|3 September 1782|-|[[Battle of Cuddalore 1783|Battle of Cuddalore]]|20 June 1783|} == Biographies ==Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/209/mode/1up Edward Hughes (1720?-1794)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/307/mode/1up Hector Munro (1726-1805)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/409/mode/1up Pierre Andre de Suffrein (1726-1788)]
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War#India_and_the_Netherlands East Indies Campaign 1778-83] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Anglo-Dutch_War Fourth Anglo-Dutch War] Google BooksWikipedia<br>
==== Historical Books on-line ====
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/276/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Military Operations in Ceylon] archive.org *[http://books.google.com/books?id=WuAvAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA79 "Letter from Sir Edward Hughes" [relating to 1780/81<nowiki>]</nowiki>] ''The New Annual Register for the year 1781'', page 79 "Occurrences" Google Books *[http://books.google.com/books?id=GJs8AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA268 "Letters from Sir Edwards Hughes" [1782<nowiki>]</nowiki>] ''The Annual Register for the year 1782'', page 268 Google Books
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