[citation needed] Since the Danes had dammed up the water in the Kolding Au and the second division didn't reach Vejle during the day.

[citation needed] Since the stream was also dammed up, only a narrow line remained passable along the main road in the gorge, but it was completely covered by the artillery.

He had suffered heavy losses, although he outnumbered the Austrians, who numbered only 4,000 men, by almost half and was in an extremely favorable position, which he may have considered unassailable.At 17:30, the attack on the entire front was ordered.

The defeated Danes retreated towards Horsens but an energetic pursuit wasn't possible because the night had set in and the Austrian troops were exhausted.

[citation needed] The battle was significant regardless of its size and scope as the town was situated on Vejle Fjord and was part of the Fredericia-Kolding-Vejle triangle, thus dividing the Danish force in two as one half consisting of five regiments now faced south-east to the fortress of Fredericia.

In order to obtain certainty about this, Gablenz pressed into expeditions to Horsens, Skanderborg, Silkeborg and in the next few days from Vejle and Aarhus.