Guillaume de Bellecombe

He opposed the English everywhere, whether on the seas, or in the American continent, or in the Indies.

Bellecombe helped start the revolution of the slaves which broke out soon in 1791.

He served as adjutant during the French and Indian War in Canada from 1756 to 1760.

He became a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1761, and in 1762 he was second in command during the Newfoundland expedition and was wounded during the Battle of Signal Hill.

In 1778, when the American War of Independence reached India, Bellecombe was compelled to surrender Pondichéry to British forces after ten weeks of siege.