sentences:  The other elite force the Danes had at their disposal, the household guards, had already been forced to retire and the situation became untenable for the Danes.Danish Major-General Valentin von Eickstedt ordered a general retreat, and the Danes quickly fled from the battlefield, bringing the battle to an end.The remainder of the Danish army, severely depleted from the engagement that had left them with 1,500 men killed, 3,500 men wounded and 2,677 men captured, had sought refuge within the walls of Helsingborg, and Stenbock avoided attacking them in a head-on assault as they had too advantageous a position to successfully take the city without suffering heavy casualties.