Anne Antoine, Comte d'Aché
Deceased Person
1701 – 1780
Who was Anne Antoine, Comte d'Aché?
Anne Antoine, Comte d’Aché was a French naval officer who rose to the rank of Vice Admiral. He is best known for his service off the coast of India during the Seven Years' War when he lost the Battle of Cuddalore and Battle of Pondicherry. He also failed to provide adequate naval support to French troops attempting to capture Madras in 1759. After he received rumours of a British attack on the major Indian Ocean naval base Mauritius he did not go to the aid of the French forces in Pondicherry which was being besieged by the British. Pondicherry, the French capital in India, subsequently surrendered leaving Britain dominant in the continent. After the war he retired to Brest where he died in 1780.
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