 Hyder Ali, the Sultan of the Kingdom of Mysore allied himself with the French, and was largely successful in defending against the British.From 1780 to 1783, Franco-Mysorean forces fought the British in western and southern India, in several places such as Mahé and Mangalore.On June 29, with both sides weakened, the British dispatched HMS "Medea" to surrender, with letters to the French stating the American Revolutionary War was over.