Paul de Cardaillac de Lomné
Paul de Cardaillac de Lomné was a French Navy officer.Biography
In May 1778, Cardaillac served with Charles Picot de Dampierre during the War of American Independence.
With the outbreak of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, France and the Dutch Republic found themselves allied against the Kingdom of Great Britain. The Dutch expected the British to send an expeditionary force to try and capture their Dutch Cape Colony, and Suffren was given command of a 5-ship squadron to reinforce it. The task force comprised the 74-gun Héros and Annibal, and the 64-gun Artésien, Sphinx and Vengeur, as well as the 16-gun corvette Fortune, and seven transports carrying the Régiment de Pondichéry, under Brigadier General Thomas Conway.
Cardaillac was killed during the Battle of Porto Praya by a bullet to the chest.
Lieutenant de la Bossière took over command of Artésien.
