North Atlantic Africa Asia Caribbean 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.

[1][2] This damaged the Danish East Indian reputation to such a point that Christian IV of Denmark ordered the arrest of Pessart and sent Willem Leyel to Dansborg to succeed him.

[3][4][2] When Pessart was notified of Leyel's arrival, he hastily bought a Portuguese sloop, which he renamed Dend Gode Haab (The Good Hope), and left for Japan.

[3] When Pessart got onboard on Dend Gode Haab he was already dead,[2] and was subsequently buried on a small island nearby.

[4][6] Since the captain was dead, Michel Evertsen took command and decided to continue to Manila, where they would successfully sell their goods and gather information in the local fortifications.