Siege of Pondicherry (1778)
| Siege of Pondicherry | |||||||
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| Part of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
Illustration of the siege by Henri Dupray | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Great Britain British East India Company | France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Hector Munro Edward Vernon |
Guillaume de Bellecombe (POW) François-Jean-Baptiste l'Ollivier de Tronjoli | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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1,500 British regulars 9,000 sepoys |
700 French regulars 400–600 sepoys | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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243 killed 930 wounded |
144 killed 285 wounded | ||||||
Location within Puducherry Siege of Pondicherry (1778) (India) | |||||||
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 Indian port of Pondicherry in August 1778, which capitulated after ten weeks of siege.