User:Tinkaer1991/Dano-Karaikal War

Dano-Karaikal Conflict
	; Dutch boats in nearby Negapatnam, by Jan Kip
Date	October 1644 – February 1645
Location	Karaikal, (modern-day India)10°55′58″N 79°49′55″E / 10.932701°N 79.831853°E
Result	Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Danish India	Portuguese India Karaikal; ; Dutch India;
Commanders and leaders
Anders Nielsen; Simon Jansen (POW)	Unknown adrigar
Units involved
Valby	Lis
Strength
6 soldiers; 4 ships; 1 sampan	3 ships; 2 ships; 3 sampans
Casualties and losses
1 dead; 2 wounded; 1 sampan	Many; 1 sampan

The Dano-Karaikal Conflict (Danish; Konflikten mod Carical) was a small-scale conflict between the Danish at Tranquebar and the Portuguese at Karaikal. The conflict includes three smaller naval engagements, which eventually led to a four-hour-long imprisonment of Captain Simon Jansen.

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Background and Prelude[edit]

Conflict[edit]

First incident[edit]

Second incident[edit]

Third incident[edit]

Aftermath[edit]