Hughes, Sir Edward, British Admiral, commander-in-chief in East Indies, 1779, [235];
enterprise of, [235];
engagements with French Fleet under Suffren, [240], [242], [244], [247], [253];
loses Trincomalee, [247], and compelled thereby to leave Coromandel coast for Bombay, [251];
reinforced by Bickerton, [251];
contrasted with Suffren, as a general officer, [254].
Hughes, Sir Richard, succeeds to West India command at peace of 1783, [226];
subsequent controversy with Nelson, [226].
Hyder, Ali, Sultan of Mysore, at war with British, 1779, [235];
French Admiral d'Orves refuses coöperation with, [235];