Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakakotahihia e te Wīwī ngā kapa mai i Pondicherry, Isle de France, me te hunga e ārahi ana i ngā waka ki tētahi kaha e 15 ngā kaipuke o te rārangi, me ētahi kaipuke, i te tuatahi i raro i a Estienne d'Orves, ā, i muri i tana matenga, i raro i a Suffren. I whakaekea tenei kaipuke ki te kaha o Ingarangi e rite ana ki a Admiral Edward Hughes. I te marama o Akuhata 1782, kua whawhai a Suffren raua ko Hughes i nga mahi e toru kaore i oti i Sadras i te 17 o Hui-tanguru 1782, i Providien i te 12 o Paenga-whawha me Negapatam i te 6 o Hurae, ana kei te tu mo to raatau tuatoru o Trincomalee
, i te 25 o Akuhata, a, ka mutu i te 3 o Hepetema.