<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UHughes wagada izinqaba ezimbili nezinkampani zama-sepoy kanye nabadubuli abambalwa, wathatha amasosha ahamba ngomkhumbi aya eMadras. Lapho efika lapho ngoFebhuwari 8, wathola ukuthi kunemikhumbi yamaFulentshi efike kule ndawo. Le mikhumbi, eyayiholwa iBailli de Suffren, yaqhubeka iphikisana neBrithani ngokulawula izilwandle ezisogwini lwaseNdiya. Ngo-Agasti 1781 uSuffren wasebenzisa ngokunenzuzo ukungabikho kukaHughes eTrincomalee ukuze ayithathe. UHughes noSuffren balwa enye yezimpi zabo ezidumile  <response>: Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, ngo-September 3. 