Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Faransanci ya haɗu da rundunonin jiragen ruwa daga Pondicherry, Isle de France da waɗanda ke rakiyar jiragen ruwa a cikin karfi da ke da jirgi 15 na layi da kuma wasu 'yan fashi, da farko a karkashin Estienne d'Orves kuma, bayan ya mutu, a karkashin Suffren. Wannan rundunar ta yi tsayayya da ƙarfin Birtaniya a karkashin Admiral Edward Hughes. A watan Agustan 1782, Suffren da Hughes sun riga sun yi yaƙi da abubuwa uku marasa amfani a Sadras a ranar 17 ga Fabrairun 1782, Providien
a ranar 12 ga Afrilu da Negapatam a ranar 6 ga Yuli, kuma suna sanyawa don gamuwa ta huɗu a Trincomalee, wanda zai yi wuta a ranar 25 ga Agusta kuma ya ƙare har zuwa 3 ga Satumba.