<P> In March 1781, French Admiral Bailli de Suffren was dispatched to India to assist colonial efforts . Suffren arrived off the Indian coast in February 1782, where he clashed with a British fleet under Hughes, winning a narrow tactical victory . After landing troops at Porto Novo to assist Mysore, Suffren's fleet clashed with Hughes again Providien on 12 April . There was no clear victor, though Hughes' fleet came off worse, and he withdrew to the British - held port of Trincomalee . Hyder Ali wished for the French to capture Negapatam to establish naval dominance over the British, and this task fell to Suffren . Suffren's fleet clashed with Hughes again off Negapatam on 6 July . Suffren withdrew to Cuddalore, strategically defeated, and the British remained in control of Negapatam . Intending to find a more suitable port than Cuddalore, Suffren captured Trincomalee on 1 September, and successfully engaged Hughes two days later . </P> <P> Meanwhile, Ali's troops loosely blockaded Vellore as the East India Company regrouped . Company troops under Sir Eyre Coote led a counter-offensive, defeating Ali at Porto Novo on 1 July 1781, Pollilur on 27 August, and Sholinghur on 27 September, expelling the Mysorean troops from the Carnatic . On 18 February 1782, Tipu Sultan defeated John Braithwaite near Tanjore, taking his entire 1,800 - strong force prisoner . The war had, by this point, reached an uneasy stalemate . On 7 December 1782, Hyder Ali died, and the rule of Mysore passed to his son, Tipu Sultan . </P> <P> Sultan advanced along the west coast, laying siege to Mangalore on 20 May 1783 . Meanwhile, on the east coast, an army under James Stuart besieged the French - held port of Cuddalore on 9 June 1783 . On 20 June, key British naval support for the siege was neutralized when Suffren defeated Hughes' fleet off Cuddalore, and though narrow, the victory gave Suffren the opportunity to displace British holdings in India . On 25 June, the Franco - Mysorean defenders made repeated sorties against British lines, though all assaults failed . On 30 June, news arrived of a preliminary peace between the belligerent powers, and the siege was effectively over when the French abandoned the siege . Mangalore remained under siege, and capitulated to Sultan on 30 January 1784 . Little fighting took place thereafter, and Mysore and Britain made peace on 11 March . </P> <P> Following the surrender at Yorktown, the Whig party came to power in Britain and began opening negotiations for a cessation of hostilities . While peace negotiations were being undertaken, British troops in America were restricted from launching further offensives . Prime Minister the Earl of Shelburne was reluctant to accept American independence as a prerequisite for peace, as the British were aware that the French economy was nearly bankrupt, and reinforcements sent to the West Indies could potentially reverse the situation there . He preferred that the colonies accept Dominion status within the Empire, though a similar offer had been rejected by the Americans in 1778 . Negotiations soon began in Paris . </P>

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