A Danish company of the First Regiment tried a head-on bayonet charge down a long hillside, but was stopped 20 meters in front of the earth dike that the Prussians lay in cover behind.

Beck had been left behind in Nørresundby to hide the retreat as long as possible, secure the sea-inlet crossings and - if possible without disproportionate risk - advance southwards.

The Prussians did not choose to exploit the victory to chase the remaining Danes; instead they withdrew and went to Hobro bringing both their own and Danish wounded.

Generally it is said that an attacker at the start should have a strength superiority on a factor of three; here were the Danes not even twice as many as the defending Prussians.

Thus the Prussians had a bigger firepower, than the number of soldiers points out, and the relative strength is shifted to their advantage.

At the same time it can contribute to explain the outcome - to the extent that it is correct that bayonet charges already ought to have been disused.

Julius Strandberg wrote a broadside, in which the good commander was praised in a way, so it is difficult to see through that Denmark actually lost.