On this day 250 years ago off the coast of Mysore in India, 2 boats of Sultan Hyder Ali attacked the HMS Seahorse but were defeated. This engagement is most remembered in history because it was the first combat experienced by 16-year-old Midshipman Horatio Nelson. Of relevance to this blog it is important to remember that a considerable portion of the British Navy and British Army were engaged in warfare in India from the very beginning of the Revolutionary War until after its conclusion in 1783, and that Hyder Ali was a formidable threat to British forces throughout the Revolution.

Sources:https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/Horacio_Nelson; https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/february-19-1775/id1788369259?i=1000693864186