He followed his father's footsteps becoming an officer, his first success came in 1632 when he distinguished himself at the Battle of Lützen, receiving the rank of Oberstleutnant in the forces of the Holy Roman Empire.

He represented the Holy Roman Empire in the course of its negotiations with Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, later joining one of Adam Erdmann Trčka von Lípa's infantry regiments in the rank of Oberstleutnant.

In July 1635, he was promoted to the rank of colonel and dispatched to Breisach where he joined Charles of Lorraine's campaign to reconquer his duchy from the French and the Bernhardines.

In 1636, Enkevort was promoted to Generalwachtmeister and sent to the north where he fought under general Ottavio Piccolomini, fighting the French in the Spanish Netherlands and Picardy as part of the Franco-Spanish War (1635–59).

On 28 February, the advance of the Imperialists was blocked by Bernhard's cavalry pickets outside of Beuggen, they then headed towards the west in an attempt to deploy their forces in a more favorable position.

Lack of any sort of pursuit allowed Bernhard to regroup in Lauffenberg, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) upstream, where he received reinforcements from the other side of the Rhine.

In the spring of 1642, he was transferred to the troops of Charles of Lorraine on the left side of the Rhine, although this front saw no major battles prompting his return to Bohemia.

[3] In 1643, the new Imperial supreme commander Matthias Gallas made Enkevort and Johann Wilhelm von Hunolstein part of his General Staff.

[4] The revolt of Transylvanian prince George Rákóczi I and his subsequent invasion of Bohemia tied Enkevort's troops there until June 1644, when the Imperials under Gallas began their march on Schleswig.

[6] Enkevort assumed office on 2 August from the interim commander Hunolstein[7] and managed to defeat the Franco-Swedish army at the Battle of Dachau [de] in October with the help of the Imperial cavalry under Johann von Werth, his last operation in the war.