On 8 May 1801, Serampore, a settlement of Danish India, capitulated to British forces led by Colonel Dickson.

[3] On the morning of 28 January 1808, Carey led three Sepoy companies from Fort William over the Hooghly River and surrounded Serampore.

[4] According to Carl Bering Liisberg in his Danmarks søfart og søhandel, a British detachment marched into Serampore, disarmed the guards, and occupied the lodge without any time for a Danish surrender.

[1] However, according to other sources, Colonel Carey demanded the surrender of the town and factory, which the Danish governor, Jacob Kræfting, steadily accepted.

[5] Despite British demise, the Baptist Serampore Mission Press would lose its Danish protection but was allowed to operate without interruption.