Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Faransanci ya haɗu da rundunonin jiragen ruwa daga Pondicherry, Isle de France da waɗanda ke rakiyar jirgi a cikin ƙarfin da ke ƙididdige jiragen ruwa 15 da dama, da farko a ƙarƙashin Estienne d'Orves kuma, bayan ya mutu, a ƙarƙashin 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 uku ba tare da yanke hukunci ba a Sadras a ranar 17 ga Fabrairun 1782, Providien a ranar 12 ga Afrilu da Negapatam a ranar 6 ga Yuli, kuma suna kan matsayi don gamuwa ta huɗu a
Trincomalee, wanda ya kamata ya tashi a ranar 25 ga Agusta kuma ya ƙare har zuwa 3 ga Satumba.