what was the goal of waging battle of trafalgar
Battle of Trafalgar In 1805, the First French Empire, under Napoleon Bonaparte, was the dominant military land power on the European continent, while the British Royal Navy controlled the seas.[5] During the course of the war, the British imposed a naval blockade on France, which affected trade and kept the French from fully mobilising their naval resources.[6] Despite several successful evasions of the blockade by the French navy, it failed to inflict a major defeat upon the British, who were able to attack French interests at home and abroad with relative ease.[7]
American Revolutionary War Sultan advanced along the west coast, laying siege to Mangalore on 20 May 1783.[488] Meanwhile, on the east coast, an army under James Stuart besieged the French-held port of Cuddalore on 9 June 1783.[489] On 20 June, key British naval support for the siege was neutralized when Suffren defeated Hughes' fleet off Cuddalore,[490] and though narrow, the victory gave Suffren the opportunity to displace British holdings in India.[491] 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.[492] Mangalore remained under siege, and capitulated to Sultan on 30 January 1784.[493] Little fighting took place thereafter, and Mysore and Britain made peace on 11 March.[484]