...Landskrona, and Zealand.

The Swedish army of ten thousand men, newly reinforced with four thousand peasants from Småland, left its camp near Klippan on July 12, 1677, to march south.

The plan is to find the Danish army that had been weakened by losses at Malmö and attack it before reinforcements can arrive from Germany and Austria via Landskrona.

The Danes however, have already returned to Landskrona and camped on the hills west of the town.

Reasons for the Danish defeat are said to be rivalry between Danish generals and that the Danish units had been mixed up during the night.

The Danes also had failed to exploit their success on the right wing, which had given the Swedes time to reorganize their units.

Although unquestionably a Swedish victory, the battle is to have little influence on the outcome of the war.

As long as the Danes are victorious at sea and hold the fortified town of Landskrona, they can easily bring reinforcements to Scania.

The Swedish army now counts seven thousand men and this is not enough to take Landskrona.

After a couple of skirmishes around Kristianstad ,the main part of the Swedish army marches back north to Sweden proper to find winter quarters, while Christian V ships some of his troops back to Zealand.

Despite gains by Gyldenløve in the north, the Swedish offensive of Charles XI has tipped the scale.

After failing to take Malmö and the defeat at the Battle of Landskrona the Danish Army in Scania is still not beaten, but the morale is definitely broken.