Stenbock marches south towards Helsingborg on the…

Stenbock marches south towards Helsingborg on the morning of February 28, 1710 (Swedish calendar), March 10, 1710 (N.S.).

When he approaches the Danish positions, he orders his army to take battle positions.

A thick morning fog lies over the area and hides the two parties from each other.

When the fog lifts, the two commanders can review their respective armies.

Rantzau sees that the Swedish army outflanks his own left flank in the west and is forced to reinforce it quickly.

Rantzau has deployed his artillery on the heights of Ringstorp, from where he begin firing at the Swedish troops at noon.

Instead of profiting from the weak Danish west flank, Stenbock instead turns his army eastward to the Danish right flank.

This is perceived by the Danes as an attempt to encircle the Danish eastern flank, and, to prevent this, it marches further east which opened up gaps in the Danish line that can’t be filled.

In the east, by Brohuset, the first skirmishes take place.

The Swedes are repelled and Swedish commander Burenskiöld is captured.

However, the rest of the Swedish east flank is able to improve the situation and soon the Danes are at a disadvantage.

Rantzau participates in the fighting personally, not thinking of the direction of the battle, and is eventually wounded by a bullet through the lung.

At the same time a rumor develops in the Danish east flank that the Swedes had encircled them and were attacking from behind, which causes the entire formation to collapse with the troops fleeing towards Helsingborg.

Rantzau's disappearance from the field become noticeable in the middle of the Danish line where the Swedish forces had begun to attack.

The Danes have great difficulties withstanding the assault, and when the troops see how the eastern flank is faring, the middle starts to collapse.

The Danish elite forces Gardet and the corps of grenadiers, which are deployed on the edges, prevent the Swedish advance long enough to allow the other forces to pull back, but many of the fleeing troops are cut down by the Swedish cavalry.

Now the Swedes attack the gap that has formed between the Danish center and its western flank.

Here, too, the Danes have no leadership, since the commander von Dewitz has been ordered to the eastern side of battle.

The Swedish cavalry chases off the Danes and thus surrounding the grenadiers.

The other elite force, Gardet, has already been forced to retire and the situation becomes untenable for the Danes.

Major General Valentin von Eickstedt orders the Danish retreat.