Battle of Landskrona The Battle of Landskrona was fought on the " Ylleshed " moor , outside the town of Landskrona , in southern Sweden on July 14 , 1677 , between Sweden and Denmark . Prelude . On July 12 the Swedish army of 10 , 000 men had been reinforced with 4 , 000 peasants from Småland and left its camp near Klippan to march south . The Swedes planned to attack the Danish army that had been weakened by losses at Malmö before reinforcements could arrive from Germany and Austria via Landskrona . The Danes however , had already returned to Landskrona and camped on the hills west of the town . The battle . Early in the morning of July 14 , Charles XI formed his army into four columns and started advancing towards the Danes . But as soon as the Swedes got the enemy camp in sight they noticed that it was empty . This caused some confusion among the Swedish generals . Most of them assumed that Christian V had retreated to Landskrona and that the Swedes should abort the operation . However Charles was determined to deliver battle and kept his army marching towards the Danish camp . During the night Christian had moved his army down from the hills and lined it up behind an earth wall with the intention of ambushing the Swedes on the moor . The Swedish General Ascheberg spotted the Danish troops behind the wall . The Swedish army paused for about one hour and at nine o ' clock formed itself into two lines at the north - east end of the moor . Although his generals advised against it , Christian decided to leave his favorable position behind the wall and attack the Swedes . The two armies started advancing towards each other and were soon separated only by a small valley . The artillery exchanged fire but none of the sides were willing to attack across the dale . Finally Charles XI and his guard on the right wing charged down the slope and up the other side . They were immediately surrounded and almost taken prisoner , but saved by the Household cavalry . The rest of the Swedish right wing followed and the battle began . After less than one hour the Danish left wing was routed and the Danish artillery was in Swedish hands . On the Danish right Christian V out - flanked the Swedes and when Field marshal Simon Grundel - Helmfelt was killed the Swedish left wing was scattered . However , backed up by the 4 , 000 peasants , the Swedes managed to escape and reorganize their left wing . In the center the Danes took the initiative when General Russenstein attacked soon after both flanks were engaged . But as his left flank was unprotected it took a lot of punishment and the Danish center slowly started dissolving . At the same time Christian could not make the left flank of the Swedish center bulge . When the Swedish cavalry that had pursued the Danish left wing returned to the battle at the same time , the Swedish left wing was ready for action , Christian V left the field at 16 : 00 . By 18 : 00 all Danish troops had quit the field and the Swedes retired to the former Danish camp . Aftermath . 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 failed to exploit their success on the right wing , which gave the Swedes time to reorganize their units . Though unquestionably a Swedish victory the battle had little influence on the outcome of the war . As long as the Danes were victorious at sea and held the fortified town of Landskrona they could easily bring reinforcements to Scania . The Swedish army now counted 7 , 000 men , but this was not enough to take Landskrona . After a couple of skirmishes around Kristianstad , the main part of the Swedish army marched back north to Sweden proper to find winter quarters , while Christian V shipped some of his troops back to Zealand .