The Battle of Halmstad (also known as the Battle at Fyllebro) was fought at Fyllebro 5 km south of the town Halmstad in southwest Sweden on August 17, 1676. Scanian War (Danish: Skånske Krig) was the Nordic part of the Franco-Dutch War (1672-1678). ... August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events First performance of Racines tragedy, Phèdre Sarah Churchill marries John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough Battle of Cassel, Philippe I of Orléans defeats William of Orange Mary II of England marries William of Orange English Statute of frauds is passed into law Battle of Landskrona Elias... Halmstad [halmstɑː(d)] is a city in Halland in south-western Sweden. ... Charles XI (Karl XI) (November 24, 1655 – April 5, 1697) was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death. ... Baron Simon Grundel-Helmfelt (1617–1677) was a Swedish Field marshal. ... KM, Km, or km may stand for: Khmer language (ISO 639 alpha-2, km) Kilometre Kinemantra Meditation Knowledge management KM programming language Comoros (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code) the Michaelis-Menten constant Km, see Michaelis-Menten kinetics Kamenz (district), Germany (license plate indication) Messenia, Greece (license plate indication... Halmstad [halmstɑː(d)] is a city in Halland in south-western Sweden. ... August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events January 29 - Feodor III becomes Tsar of Russia First measurement of the speed of light, by Ole Rømer Bacons Rebellion Russo-Turkish Wars commence. ...

Prelude

The Danish army that landed at Helsingborg in Scania in late June 1676 managed to conquer almost the whole province in less than a month. The Swedish army had to retreat north to Växsjö. Helsingborg [hɛlsiŋbɔrj] is a municipality (population 117,737) and city in Scania in southernmost Sweden. ...   SkÃ¥ne? (also known as Scania) is the southernmost historical province (landskap) of Sweden. ... Växjö Municipality [˘vÉ›kʃøː] is a municipality in SmÃ¥land in southern Sweden where Växjö (pop. ...

In early August General Jakob Duncan with about 4,000 Danish troops was sent north to take Halmstad an possibly advance further north to join General Gyldenløwe, who had reached Gothenburg with a Norwegian army and was besieging the city. Halmstad [halmstɑː(d)] is a city in Halland in south-western Sweden. ... Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborg  listen? ) is a city and a municipality on the western coast of Sweden, in the County of Västra Götaland. ...

On August 11 King Charles XI and his small army headed west to intercept Duncan.

Aftermath

The defeat at Halmstad was a hard blow to the Danish plans to advance north and to make contact with the Norwegian army.

The battle at Fyllebro was also the first larger victory for the 19 years old King Charles XI and an important boost of moral for him, his generals and the whole army. The army was still much to weak to confront the Danes in Scania and marched north to Varberg to await more troops.   SkÃ¥ne? (also known as Scania) is the southernmost historical province (landskap) of Sweden. ... Varberg is a Municipality in Halland County, in southwest Sweden. ...

The day after the battle the Danish King Christian V broke camp and started marching towards Halmstad. On September 5 he reached Halmstad and begun besieging the town with no result. Three weeks later he returned to Scania to find quarters for the winter. Christian V (April 15, 1646 - August 25, 1699), was king of Denmark and Norway from 1670-1699. ...   SkÃ¥ne? (also known as Scania) is the southernmost historical province (landskap) of Sweden. ...