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 Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

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Date transcribed2011-03-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  D'Ache    
Titles  Comte    
Year of Birth  1700? Or 1716?    
Year of Death  1775    
Entry  Vice-Admiral : served with distinction but without important command up to1i757 when he was made Commander of the French Naval forces in Indian seas : reached the Coromandel coast April 1758 commanding the squadron which took Lally's expedition to India : beaten off Negapatam by the English Fleet under Admiral Pocock : declined to cooperate with Lally against Madras : again defeated off Tranquebar Aug 1, 1758 : sailed for the Isle of France : took for his fleet a million francs intended for Pondicherry : returned after a year from Isle of France : defeated off Fort St. David Sep. 10, 1759 by Pocock : went to Pondicherry but abandoned it Sep. 17 and never returned, staying at the Isle of France : thus inefficiently and constantly defeated he lost in a few months the French cause in South India : the commerce of the Compagnie des Indes was irretrievably destroyed : on his return to France he received promotion in the Navy and honours without restoring his reputation by any distinguished action : became an accuser of Lally : died 1775.     
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