Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Carrical (Seven Years' War).

An action was fought off this place August 2, 1758, between a British squadron under Admiral Pococke, and the French under Comte d'Aché. After a severe engagement, the French fleet drew off, but the English pursuit, owing to damaged rigging, was ineffectual, and d'Aché reached Pondicherry without the loss of a ship.