American Revolutionary War
When the French lent their official support to the American cause in 1778 with the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce, the war between Britain and the United States became a global war. Captain Cornwallis was in command the newly commissioned HMS Lion. The Lion was sent, with Admiral John Byron, to the West Indies.
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