[6][7] Krabbe found out that the Swedes were standing ontop of the nearby plateau, and the way up on the narrow and crooked road was very stressful to force on the soldiers.

They pulled two light field cannons with great difficulty through the narrow forest which was filled with stone blocks.

The fighting in the steep and rocky terrain was very difficult, which led Stenbock to withdraw back onto the plateau, named Hjärtums Skee.

[8][7][2][5] This plateau, which today is used as a cemetery, was then a moor of around a kilometer long and 400 meters wide, and it was here where the main part of the battle would take place.

Stenbock wrote the following in a report about the battle:[8][2] We happened upon such a mixture that in the smoke, we could not distinguish the enemy's or our own standards or banners.The fighting dragged on for around eight hours and only ended once the evening approached and the Swedes retreated.