 Nokusimbiswa kubva kunyika yeSweden, uto guru reSweden rakaputsa musasa muna Chikumi ndokufamba kumaodzanyemba vakananga kuRiga kunosangana nemauto aMambo Augustus II eSaksonia neRussia. Pakazosvika 7 July uto rakanga rava kunze kweRiga. Charles XII naRehnskiöld vakaronga kuyambuka rwizi rwaDaugava pedyo neguta ndokurwisa mauto aAugustus II pamhenderekedzo yakatarisana. Muchirongwa chehondo cheSweden, chakanyorwa naRehnskiöld, Carl Magnus Stuart naErik Dahlbergh, mauto akarayirwa kuunganidza zvikepe zvepasi pedyo neRiga uye kuvaka mabhatiri anofamba. Mabhatiri acho aizoendesa mauto ehondo mhiri kwerwizi kuti agadzire nzvimbo yokumhara. Mukati mokushandaMusi wa9 Chikunguru, Stenbock akabatsira pakuvaka bhiriji rinoyangarara kuti vatasvi vemabhiza vayambuke rwizi. Zvisinei, mafashamo akasimba akaita kuti zambuko rinoyangarara riparadzwe, uye panguva yarakagadziriswa kwakanga kwave kunonoka kutapura mugumisiro wehondo yacho. Kuyambuka kwacho kwakanga kuchiri kubudirira, asi nhamburiko dzaStenbock dzakanga dzasvibiswa. Mauto makuru akatora Courland ndokupedza nguva yechando paWürgen Castle kunze kweLibau. 