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For
other
sieges
with
this
name
,
see
Siege
of
Pondicherry
(
disambiguation
)
''
The
Siege
of
Pondicherry
was
a
colonial
military
operation
Military_operation
in
the
early
stages
of
the
French
Revolutionary
Wars
.
Britain
and
France
both
controlled
Control
colonies
on
the
Indian
Subcontinent
and
when
the
French
National
Convention
declared
Expressing_publicly
war
on
Britain
on
1
February
1793
,
both
sides
were
prepared
GetReady
for
conflict
in
India
.
French
India
was
governed
Control
from
Pondicherry
(
modern
Puducherry
)
on
the
Coromandel
Coast
.
British
forces
in
India
were
considerably
stronger
than
the
French
,
with
the
British
Indian
Army
supported
Supporting
by
British
Army
detachments
and
a
Royal
Navy
squadron
under
Rear-Admiral
William
Cornwallis
.
Pondicherry
's
defenses
were
strong
,
but
the
garrison
was
too
small
to
effectively
man
the
walls
,
and
although
a
French
frigate
squadron
was
stationed
Placing
at
the
distant
Île
de
France
,
it
was
unable
to
effectively
protect
Defending
the
French
Indian
coast
.
Pondicherry
's
defenses
were
strong
,
but
the
garrison
was
too
small
to
effectively
man
the
walls
,
and
although
a
French
frigate
squadron
was
stationed
Placing
at
the
distant
Île
de
France
,
it
was
unable
to
effectively
protect
Defending
the
French
Indian
coast
.
News
of
the
outbreak
of
war
took
Conquering
five
months
to
reach
the
Indian
Ocean
but
British
forces
,
recently
engaged
Forming_relationships
in
the
Third
Anglo-Mysore
War
,
were
mobilised
Becoming_a_member
in
preparation
and
immediately
seized
the
ports
of
French
India
.
Within
hours
the
French
commander
Colonel
Prosper
de
Clermont
requested
Request
a
truce
,
followed
Self_motion
the
next
morning
by
an
unconditional
surrender
Surrendering
.
After
Rossbach
(
5
November
)
,
the
French
had
refused
Agree_or_refuse_to_act
to
participate
Participation
further
in
Austria
's
war
with
Prussia
;
and
after
Leuthen
(
5
December
)
,
Austria
could
not
continue
it
by
herself
.
The
Battle
Hostile_encounter
of
Saint-Mihiel
was
a
major
World
War
I
battle
Hostile_encounter
fought
Hostile_encounter
from
12–15
September
1918
,
involving
Cause_to_be_included
the
American
Expeditionary
Forces
(
AEF
)
and
110,000
French
troops
under
the
command
Control
of
General
John
J.
Pershing
of
the
United
States
against
German
positions
.
The
Saint-Mihiel
attack
Attack
established
Creating
the
stature
of
the
U.S.
Army
in
the
eyes
of
the
French
and
British
forces
,
and
again
demonstrated
Coming_to_believe
the
critical
role
of
artillery
during
World
War
Military_operation
I
and
the
difficulty
of
supplying
Supply
such
massive
armies
while
they
were
on
the
move
Motion
.
All
the
passengers
were
French
citizens
from
Martinique
,
with
the
exception
of
one
Italian
,
acting
as
the
tour
operator
.
In
early
August
1509
,
Maximilian
set out
Departing
from
Trento
with
some
35,000
men
and
headed
Self_motion
south
into
Venetian
territory
;
there
he
was
joined
Becoming_a_member
by
French
and
Papal
contingents
.
For
two
weeks
,
Imperial
and
French
artillery
bombarded
Attack
the
city
,
successfully
breaching
Committing_crime
the
walls
;
but
the
attacking
Attack
troops
were
driven
Motion
back
by
determined
Deciding
Venetian
resistance
when
they
attempted
to
enter
.
He
was
subsequently
held
Defending
in
custody
there
by
the
French
administration
and
brought
Bringing
to
the
island
of
Réunion
.
On15
May
France
rejected
Agree_or_refuse_to_act
Bacar
's
request
Request
for
asylum
but
the
French
refugee
office
ruled
Legal_rulings
that
the
ousted
leader
could
not
be
extradited
Extradition
to
the
Comoros
because
of
the
risk
of
persecution
.
In
the
summer
of
1806
,
during
the
War
Hostile_encounter
of
the
Third
Coalition
(
of
Britain
,
Russia
,
Prussia
,
Sweden
)
,
Napoleon
's
ambassador
General
Count
Sebastiani
managed
to
convince
Convincing
the
Porte
to
cancel
Change_event_time
all
special
privileges
granted
Preventing_or_letting
to
Russia
in
1805
and
to
open
Process_start
the
Ottoman
straits
(
Dardanelles
)
exclusively
to
French
warships
.
But
the
Turks
erected
Building
powerful
batteries
and
strengthened
Cause_change_of_strength
their
fortifications
with
the
help
Assistance
of
General
Sebastiani
and
French
engineers
.
The
Bali
Strait
Incident
was
an
encounter
between
a
squadron
of
six
French
Navy
frigates
and
six
British
East
India
Company
(
EIC
)
East
Indiamen
in
the
Bali
Strait
on
28
January
1797
.
The
incident
took place
Process_start
admidst
the
East
Indies
campaign
of
the
French
Revolutionary
Wars
repeated
French
attempts
to
disrupt
Hindering
the
highly
valuable
British
trade
routes
with
British
India
and
Qing
Dynasty
China
.
The
incident
took place
Process_start
admidst
the
East
Indies
campaign
of
the
French
Revolutionary
Wars
repeated
French
attempts
to
disrupt
Hindering
the
highly
valuable
British
trade
routes
with
British
India
and
Qing
Dynasty
China
.
In
1796
,
a
large
squadron
of
French
frigates
arrived in
Arriving
the
Indian
Ocean
under
the
command
of
Contre-amiral
Pierre
César
Charles
de
Sercey
.
The
EIC
Commodore
,
James
Farquharson
,
captain
of
,
knew
Know
that
if
he
fled
Escaping
the
French
would
rapidly
overwhelm
Destroying
his
ships
so
he
decided
Deciding
to
try
a
bluff
.
The
Attack
Attack
on
Mers-el-Kébir
(
3
July
1940
)
also
known
as
the
Battle
Military_operation
of
Mers-el-Kébir
,
was
part
of
Operation
Military_operation
Catapult
,
a
British
naval
attack
Attack
on
French
Navy
ships
at
the
naval
base
at
Mers
El
Kébir
on
the
coast
of
French
Algeria
.
The
Attack
Attack
on
Mers-el-Kébir
(
3
July
1940
)
also
known
as
the
Battle
Military_operation
of
Mers-el-Kébir
,
was
part
of
Operation
Military_operation
Catapult
,
a
British
naval
attack
Attack
on
French
Navy
ships
at
the
naval
base
at
Mers
El
Kébir
on
the
coast
of
French
Algeria
.
The
bombardment
Attack
killed
Killing
1,297
French
servicemen
,
sank
a
battleship
and
damaged
Damaging
five
ships
,
for
a
British
loss
Earnings_and_losses
of
five
aircraft
shot
Use_firearm
down
and
two
crewmen
killed
Killing
.
Admiral
François
Darlan
,
commander
of
the
French
Navy
,
promised
Commitment
the
British
that
the
fleet
would
remain
under
French
control
Control
but
Winston
Churchill
and
the
War
Cabinet
judged
Deciding
that
the
fleet
was
too
powerful
to
risk
Risk
an
Axis
take-over
Conquering
.
Admiral
François
Darlan
,
commander
of
the
French
Navy
,
promised
Commitment
the
British
that
the
fleet
would
remain
under
French
control
Control
but
Winston
Churchill
and
the
War
Cabinet
judged
Deciding
that
the
fleet
was
too
powerful
to
risk
Risk
an
Axis
take-over
Conquering
.
After
the
attack
Attack
at
Mers-el-Kébir
and
the
Battle
Military_operation
of
Dakar
,
French
aircraft
raided
Attack
Gibraltar
in
retaliation
Revenge
and
Marshal
Philippe
Pétain
,
who
had
become
Becoming
the
prime
minister
of
France
on
16
June
,
severed
Process_end
diplomatic
relations
with
the
United
Kingdom
.
In
1979
,
P.
M.
H.
Bell
wrote
Writing
that
``
The
times
were
desperate
;
invasion
Attack
seemed
imminent
;
and
the
British
government
simply
could
not
afford
to
risk
Risk
the
Germans
seizing
Getting
control
Control
of
the
French
fleet
...
The
French
thought
they
were
acting
Action
honourably
in
terms
of
their
armistice
Process_end
with
Nazi
Germany
and
were
convinced
Know
they
would
never
turn
Bringing
over
their
fleet
to
Germany
.
On
10
July
,
Marshal
Pétain
was
installed
Change_of_leadership
as
leader
of
the
new
French
State
.
French
grievances
festered
for
years
over
what
they
considered
Deciding
a
betrayal
by
their
former
ally
.
On
27
November
1942
,
after
Operation
Military_operation
Torch
,
the
Allied
invasion
Attack
of
Morocco
and
French
Algeria
had
begun
Process_start
,
the
French
navy
foiled
Removing
a
German
attempt
to
capture
Conquering
the
rest
of
the
French
fleet
(
Operation
Military_operation
Anton
)
by
scuttling
Destroying
their
ships
in
Toulon
Harbour
.
On
27
November
1942
,
after
Operation
Military_operation
Torch
,
the
Allied
invasion
Attack
of
Morocco
and
French
Algeria
had
begun
Process_start
,
the
French
navy
foiled
Removing
a
German
attempt
to
capture
Conquering
the
rest
of
the
French
fleet
(
Operation
Military_operation
Anton
)
by
scuttling
Destroying
their
ships
in
Toulon
Harbour
.
On
27
November
1942
,
after
Operation
Military_operation
Torch
,
the
Allied
invasion
Attack
of
Morocco
and
French
Algeria
had
begun
Process_start
,
the
French
navy
foiled
Removing
a
German
attempt
to
capture
Conquering
the
rest
of
the
French
fleet
(
Operation
Military_operation
Anton
)
by
scuttling
Destroying
their
ships
in
Toulon
Harbour
.
French
dragoons
supported
Supporting
by
infantry
and
commanded
Control
by
General
Exelmans
destroyed
Destroying
a
Prussian
brigade
of
hussars
under
the
command
Control
of
Lieutenant
Colonel
Eston
von
Sohr
(
who
was
severely
wounded
Bodily_harm
and
taken
Conquering
prisoner
during
the
skirmish
)
.
However
,
when
the
Prussian
detachment
was
in
the
vicinity
of
Rocquencourt
it
was
ambushed
Attack
by
a
superior
French
force
.
Under
attack
the
Prussians
retreated
Escaping
from
Versailles
and
headed
Self_motion
east
,
but
were
blocked
Hindering
by
the
French
at
Vélizy
.
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
.
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
.
The
French
squadron
comprised
Containing
six
frigates
engaged
Hostile_encounter
on
a
commerce
raiding
Attack
operation
Military_operation
against
British
trade
routes
passing
Motion_directional
through
captured
Conquering
parts
of
the
Dutch
East
Indies
,
and
posed
Causation
a
considerable
threat
to
the
weakened
British
naval
forces
in
the
region
.
The
British
force
consisted
of
two
74-gun
ships
of
the
line
hastily
paired
to
oppose
Agree_or_refuse_to_act
the
eastward
advance
Self_motion
of
the
French
squadron
.
The
French
squadron
,
commanded
Control
by
Contre-amiral
Pierre
César
Charles
de
Sercey
,
had
left
Departing
their
base
on
Île
de
France
in
July
,
cruising
Patrolling
off
Ceylon
and
Tranquebar
before
sailing
Self_motion
eastwards
.
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
.
These
were
HMS
``
Arrogant
''
and
HMS
``
Victorious
''
,
sent
Sending
to
drive
Motion
off
the
French
before
they
could
attack
Attack
the
scattered
British
shipping
and
ports
in
the
region
.
The
French
frigates
,
particularly
``
Vertu
''
and
``
Seine
''
,
also
suffered
Damaging
and
by
late
morning
both
sides
disengaged
Escaping
,
the
British
retiring
Process_end
to
Madras
for
repairs
while
Sercey
anchored
Placing
at
King
's
Island
in
the
Mergui
Archipelago
,
eventually
sheltering
in
Batavia
.
The
Raid
Military_operation
on
Genoa
was
a
minor
naval
engagement
fought
Hostile_encounter
in
the
harbour
of
the
Italian
city
of
Genoa
during
the
first
year
of
the
French
Revolutionary
Wars
.
French
Republican
forces
in
the
Mediterranean
,
under
pressure
from
Austrian
and
Spanish
armies
,
Royalist
uprisings
and
British
blockade
had
suffered
Bodily_harm
the
loss
of
their
principal
naval
base
and
the
fleet
stationed
there
when
British
forces
under
Lord
Hood
seized
Toulon
at
the
invitation
of
the
city
's
Royalist
faction
.
The
survivors
of
the
French
fleet
were
scattered
Dispersal
across
the
Mediterranean
,
several
sheltering
in
neutral
Italian
harbours
,
including
the
frigates
``
Modeste
''
at
Genoa
and
``
Impérieuse
''
at
Leghorn
.
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