Ambush near the Bay of Manila
| Ambush near the Bay of Manila | |||||||||
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| Part of the Conflict between Willem Leyel and Bernt Pessart | |||||||||
Map of the Bay of Manila, 1886 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Danish India Dutch East Indies | Indigenous people | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Bernt Pessart † Unknown mate (WIA) | Unknown | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| Dend gode Haab | Native archers | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Some men | Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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1 dead 2 wounded | Negligible | ||||||||
The Ambush near the Bay of Manila (Danish; Angrebet nær Manilabugten), alternatively the Death of Bernt Pessart (Danish; Bernt Pessarts død), was an ambush by the Indigenous peoples of the Philippines, against a combined Dano-Dutch espionaging expeditionary force in 1645. The ambush led to the death of former governor and president of Danish India, Bernt Pessart.