[2] When they arrived at Nyborg, Wrangel and his men found several hundred abandoned Danish cavalry horses, as the cavalrymen had fled over to Zealand, and believed it would be safer to cross on foot.

Then, Wrangel encountered Peter Bredal's Little Belt squadron, stuck in the ice in the Nyborg roadstead.

After the failed cavalry charge, Wrangel instead sent infantry out onto the ice, which began attempting to build siege works, however, it was difficult to stay there exposed to the cold winds and the Danish artillery fire made the Swedish conditions unbearable.

[2][3] However, the situation was also not good for Bredal, as all of the crew members soon realized that if the winds reached gale-force, which seemed likely, they would be crushed against the ice.

[2][3] After some time, Wrangel had other more urgent activities to move on to, meanwhile Bredal stayed put, refusing to surrender.