High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Charles Joseph Patissier, Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau (1718-1785) was the Governor General of the French colony of Pondicherry from 1783 to 1785. He servied with distinction under Joseph Fran�ois Dupleix in the East Indies, receiving the Order of Saint Louis. He contributed to the recovery from British of Pondicherry in 1748, and High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Charles Joseph Patissier, Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau (1718-1785) was the Governor General of the French colony of Pondicherry from 1783 to 1785. He servied with distinction under Joseph Fran�ois Dupleix in the East Indies, receiving the Order of Saint Louis. He contributed to the recovery from British of Pondicherry in 1748, and was named in 1782 to lead all French military forces beyond the Cape of Good Hope. He coordinated his operations with Pierre Andr� de Suffren and fought with distinction against the numerically superior British during the Indian campaigns of the American War of Independence.