Siege of Pondicherry (1778)
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For other sieges with this name, see Siege of Pondichéry.
The siege of Pondicherry was the first military action on the Indian subcontinent following the declaration of war between Great Britain and France in the American Revolutionary War. A British force besieged the French-controlled port of Pondicherry (now Puducherry) in August 1778, which capitulated after ten weeks of siege.
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Siege of Pondicherry | |||||||
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Part of the American Revolutionary War[1] | |||||||
French map depicting the siege, c. 1778 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Great Britain British East India Company | France | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Hector Munro Edward Vernon |
Guillaume de Bellecombe (POW) François-Jean-Baptiste l'Ollivier de Tronjoli | ||||||
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1,500 British army regulars 9,000 or more company troops and sepoys |
700 French regulars 400–600 sepoys | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
77 British army killed 11 British navy killed 155 sepoys killed 193 British army wounded 53 British navy wounded 684 sepoys wounded |
92 French killed 52 sepoys killed 191 French wounded 94 sepoys wounded | ||||||
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