A 3,000 strong Danish force under the command of Jørgen Rantzau blocked the Swedish city of Wismar.

The Swedes under Martin von Schoultz, sent out 2,500 men from their garrison in an attempt to surprise the Danish forces camping a distance away.

The Danish king Fredrik IV now decided to move the war effort from Scania to the Swedish possessions in northern Germany.

The Danes planned to conquer the Swedish fortress Wismar bay had already been surrounded by a smaller force under Lieutenant General Hans Christof von Schönfeld.

However, after pressure from the Saxons, Frederick IV decided to change the goal of the campaign from Wismar to Stralsund.

The Danish army consisted of 28 cavalry squadrons and 2 infantry battalions under the command of Lieutenant General Jørgen Rantzau.

The Danes attacked again and again but did not manage to break the Swedish formations despite the Swedes suffering heavy losses.

After the Swedish defeat at Wismar, the Danes together with Russian and Saxon troops began a siege of Stralsund.