In the battle Swedish forces defeated an allied army composed mainly of Danes supported by a smaller contingent of Brandenburg and Hesse-Cassel troops.

For Swedish Rügen this defeat meant that the island possession was now cut off from all assistance from Sweden, as the Danes exercised naval supremacy of the Baltic Sea.

After winning the battle the King of Denmark, Christian V, decided to capture the island of Rügen as a necessary prerequisite to the allies conquering the fort of Stralsund on the opposite mainland shore.

After the Danes had provided further support to the Brandenburg cavalry regiment of Colonel Hülsen (2,110 troopers) in October,[6] they advanced on the Swedish troops that had meanwhile transferred to Rügen, and had taken up positions near Bergen.

Against orders, the allied Danish and Brandenburg force under Major General von Rumohr gave battle.

At 9 in the morning the battle began with an exchange of artillery on the road between Poseritz and Gustow at Warksow Manor.

The Brandenburg troops rallied again, but received no effective support from the Danes, with the result that they were thrown back by superior numbers again.

The next day, the Swedes occupied Bergen, pursued their fleeing enemy towards Jasmund and Wittow and captured there the last remnants of the allies.

The prisoners pressed into Swedish service from the Battle of Warksow handed over the fort of Neuefähr without a fight to Brandenburg's invasion forces.