The Action of 9 September 1796 was an inconclusive minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter between small French Navy and British Royal Navy squadrons off northeastern Sumatra , near Banda Aceh , during the French Revolutionary Wars Hostile_encounter .

After raiding Attack the shipping at Banda Aceh on 1 September the squadron sailed Self_motion eastwards to attack Attack Penang .

On 8 September , while the French were removing Removing supplies from a captured British merchant ship east of Banda Aceh , two large sails were spotted Know .