Was part of the American War of Independence fought in Tamil Nadu? Historians say…
President Biden offers new student debt relief plan after Supreme Court defeat Seattle-based historian Don Glickstein told the publication that fighting took place on land and at sea near the French-led garrison at Cuddalore. The naval battle of Cuddalore on June 20 was considered a French victory while their troops were forced back on land.
But as the French ships prepared to bombard the British land forces a “a British ship appeared in the distance flying a white flag". “They brought news that six months before in Paris, the British, French and the Americans – the Dutch were a little later – signed the Treaty of Paris ending the American Revolution.
Cuddalore was indeed the last battle of the American Revolution," he told the publication.
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