The truce lasted 8 months but in March 1849 fighting recommenced and the Danish army eventually retreated north through Jutland.

The Danes placed a small force consisting of a company of infantry and half a squadron of cavalry as a tentative defence.

[2][3] Pursued by Prussian troops, the Danish garrison withdrew north towards the Riis Forest which was defended by a battalion of infantry and a squadron of cavalry.

At this time two squadrons of Danish cavalry under Captain S. C. Barth on a reconnaissance mission from Helgenæs arrived and charged the Prussian infantry line from north to south along Randersvej.

The goal of drawing German forces north and delaying had been accomplished and the corps was eventually shipped out from Helgenæs to Fredericia where it participated in the breakout on 6 July.