Admiral Ove Gjedde, commander of the Danish East India Company, had in 1620 set out for Asia in the hopes of establishing a colony and monopoly on Ceylon.

[13] In the letter, Raghunatha demanded a considerable amount of lead, which the rector of Dansborg, Henrik Hess, weren't able to fulfil.

[13] Raghunatha, equally frustrated as the couriers, now made an ultimatum, that if his desired amount of lead weren't given, he would relinquish the former treaty, giving the Danes Tranquebar.

[13][14] According to traveler, Jón Ólafsson, the Thanjavurian army reached 40.000 men and 1000 camels, horses and elephants, though this is likely to be highly exaggerated.

[13][15][1] On Dansborg, the Thanjavurian threat was imminent, and the fort quickly began preparing for a siege or assault.

[13] On Passion Sunday 1624 the Danish vessel, St. Laurentius, arrived from Tenasserim to Tranquebar, with Captain Christopher Hansen Boye.

[13] When his messengers notified the general about the arrival of St. Laurentius, he ordered his army to march half a mile to Tranquebar, where they would lay the week to Palm Sunday.

We knew immediately Perlen, the big ship of 700 loads, and Jupiter, the small warship" Back in Denmark, Roland Crappé was on 25 March 1623 made general and commander of East India, and on 27 March he set sail for Tranquebar on the vessel, Perlen, accompanied by the smaller vessel, Jupiter.