[2][3] Across the village of Vallen, around halfway to Örkelljunga, the Danish army marched northwards, constantly engaging in small skirmishes with Swedish patrols.

Per Brahe the Younger, who's army was smaller than its Danish counterpart, avoided coming into a large battle and instead withdrew from his position at Laholm and instead marched to Halmstad on 20 August.

[4] After receiving the reinforcements, Brahe marched back to Laholm at 6:00 AM[5] in order to end the Danish siege of the castle.

[8] The battle finally began when Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve, commanding 500 men, tried to cross the bridge across the river.

Brahe wrote in his report of the battle that it "was a hard fight of artillery and infantry" which is likely considering that thousands of muskets and cannons were firing constantly.

However, before that, the Swedish infantry had managed to cross the river and charged up the hill with pikes and swords where the Danish artillery was stationed, where the Danes were promptly repelled from their positions and forced to retreat.

[6][1][10] In the evening, the Danish army retreated towards Laholm, where they lifted the siege after burning their camp, and promptly crossed the Hallandsås towards Helsingborg.