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The Conflict between William Leyel and Bernt Pessart (Danish; Conflikten mellem Leyel og Pessart) refers to the tensions and minor civil war between Willem Leyel and Bernt Pessart over the governorship of Tranquebar and the Danish East India Company. The conflict led to the escape of Bernt Pessart, and the command at Tranquebar accepted Willem Leyel's as governor of Danish India.
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Pessart loyalist |
Leyel loyalist Dutch Coromandel English Madras Portuguese Carical Supported by: Thanjavur Nayak | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Bernt Pessart Jacob Stackenborg Niels Andersen Frantz Erkmand Michel Evertsen Peter de Sivart |
Willem Leyel Claus Rytter Herman Clausen Jørgen Hansen Anthony Diemen Antonio Pacheco Francis Day Vijaya Raghava Nayak | ||||||||
Units involved | |||||||||
Dend gode Haab Dansborg garrison |
Valby Christianshavn | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
~40 1 ship Multiple guns |
70 men 3 ships 3 guns | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
1 ship Unknown amount of men | Negligible |
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