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

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Pondicherry.

A naval action was fought off Pondicherry, August 10, 1778, during the third siege, when a French squadron of 5 ships, under M. Tronjolly, issued from the roads, and offered battle to the 5 ships of Sir Edward Vernon. The French were worsted, and driven back to their anchorage.