The raids were partially unsuccessful, in that Crappé's ship, Øresund (meaning the Sound), caught fire and sank.

In 1611, after the Portuguese captured Kandy and set fire to the city,[1] King Senerat of Kandy urgently dispatched courier, Marchells Michielsz Boschouver, to Europe in hopes of negotiating an alliance-treaty with the Dutch East India Company.

[2] Denmark then sent five vessels and 300 soldiers, led by Ove Gjedde, to Ceylon to fulfill the terms of the treaty.

[5] Crappé wanted to make a good impression on the raja, and attacked the Portuguese on the Coromandel Coast.

[4] Raghunatha could see the benefit in forging ties with another European power in the hope of decreasing the influence of the Portuguese in his kingdom.