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1st Carnatic War

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== Summary ==
{{War|name=1st Carnatic War|dates=1746-48 |image=Carnaticwars.jpg|thumb|Carnatic Map 1792 |location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_region Carnatic Region] South India |combatant1=[[East India Company]] |combatant2=French |result= Return to status quo antebellum|category=[[:Category:1st Carnatic War|1st Carnatic War]] |link1=}} Rivalry between British and French trading interests on the Coromandel coast were generally peaceful until the outbreak of the War of Austrian Succession. The British captured some French ships, the French captured [[Madras]] and the British besieged [[Pondicherry]]. The Treaty of Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ended the war in Europe and Madras was returned to the British. 
{{Battlemap|war=1st Carnatic War 1746-48|link=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=101241150585833319689.00046e4a3786b07f1b51a&t=p&z=9}}
 
== External Links ==
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_Wars Wikipedia - 1st Carnatic War 1744-48]<br>[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_carnatic.php Heritage History - Carnatic Wars]

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