Anne Antoine, Comte d'Aché, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Vice Admiral of France
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Place of Birth: Marbeuf, Normandy, France
About Anne Antoine, Comte d'Aché
- Anne Antoine, Comte d’Aché (23 January 1701, Marbeuf – 11 February 1780) 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 led the French fleet at 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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