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[[Category:Battles|Pondicherry, Battle of 1778]]
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?R_menu=OFF&Dir=pseudowar&FileName=americanrev Heritage History - American Revolutionary War - Pondicherry]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XtINAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA161&dq=Pondicherry+1778+Munro&as_brr=3&ei=tKzGSOzwIqG2jgG7grGnBw#PPA161,M1 Battle for Pondicherry] Google Books - [[Category:Battles|Pondicherry, Battle for of 1778]][[Category:East Indies Campaign|Pondicherry, Battle of 1778]]
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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War#India_and_the_Netherlands American War of Independence[East Indies Campaign]]
|date=10 August-19 October 1778
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pondicherry_(city) [Pondicherry]],Puducherry Union Territory]
|presidency=[[Madras]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=11.845116,79.875241&z=9&t=h&hl=en 11.845116°N 79.875241°E]
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=French
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101019546/ [Hector Munro|Gen Sir Hector Munro]]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101028238/ Commodore Sir Edward Vernon]|commander2=M. Bellecombe<br>M.TrongollyTronjolly
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'''This was an event during the [[East Indies Campaign]]'''<br>
== Synopsis ==
The naval engagement took place on 10 August when the French were forced to retire to [[Pondicherry]]. '''Sir Edward Vernon''' came up to Pondicherry on 21 August but contrary winds prevented the fleets from engaging. '''M. Tronjolly''' sailed for [[Mauritius]] during the night leaving the British blockading the town.
General Munro arrived at Pondicherry on 8 August but was not in a position to bombard the town until 18 September. In the middle of October the garrison surrendered.
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