 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1740 Hondo yeNhaka yeAustria yakatanga muEurope. Great Britain yakakwezvwa muhondo muna 1744, ichipesana neFrance nevatsigiri vayo. Makambani anotengesa enyika dzose dziri mbiri akachengeta ukama hwakanaka muIndia apo nyika dzawo dzomubereki dzakanga dziri vavengi vane utsinye mukondinendi yeEurope. Dodwell anonyora kuti, Hukama hwakanaka pakati pevaNgezi nevaFrench hwakanga hwakadaro zvokuti vaFrench vaitumira zvinhu zvavo nokutengeserana kubva kuPondicherry kuenda kuMadras kuti zvichengetedzwe. Kunyange zvazvo vakuru vakuru vekambani yeFrance vakarayirwa kuti vadzivise kurwisana, vakuru vakuru veBritain havana kudaro, uyezve vakaudzwa kuti ngarava dzeRoyal Navy dzakanga dziri munzira. Pashure pokunge vaBritain vatanga kubata ngarava shomanene dzevatengesi dzeFrance, vaFrance vakadana rutsigiro kubva kure kure seIsle de France zvino Mauritius, vachitanga kuwedzera mauto ehondo munharaunda yacho. Muna July 1746 mutungamiriri wehondo weFrance La Bourdonnais naBritish Admiral Edward Peyton vakarwa hondo isingapinduriki paNegapatam, pashure pacho ngarava dzeBritain dzakazodzokera kuBengal. Pana 21 September 1746, vaFrance vakatora nzvimbo yokuBritain yaiva paMadras. La Bourdonnais akanga avimbisa kudzorera Madras kuBritain, asi Dupleix akabvisa vimbiso iyoyo, uye aida kupa Madras kuna Anwar-ud-din mushure mekubatwa. Nawab akabva atumira uto revarume 10 000 kuti vatore Madras kubva kuvaFrench asi vakadzoserwa zvine mutsindo neuto duku reFrance muHondo yeAdyar. VaFrench vakabva vaedza kakawanda kutora Fort St. David yeBritain paCuddalore, asi kusvika kwakakodzera kwekusimbiswa kwakamisa izvi uye pakupedzisira vakashandura matafura kuvaFrench. Admiral weBritain Edward Boscawen akakomba Pondicherry mumwedzi yokupedzisira ya1748, asi akasimudza kukomba nokuuya kwemvura inonaya muna October. 