Now "Christian IV" ordered his troops to capture all the important traffic hubs in the Prince-Archbishopric and entered into the Battle of Lutter am Barenberge, on 27 August 1626, where he was defeated by the Leaguist troops under "Tilly". "Christian IV" and his surviving troops fled to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen and took their headquarters in "Stade". "John Frederick" fled to his Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck and left the rule in the "Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen" to the Chapter and the Estates.