 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Enkevort akachinjaniswa nemukuru wechiSweden akabatwa muna 1641, pakudzoka kwake akasimudzirwa kuva Generalfeldmarschall naArchduke Leopold Wilhelm weAustria. Akabva arwisa muThuringia, pakati penzvimbo dzeAller neLeine. Muchirimo cha1642, akatamisirwazve kuLorraine, kunyange zvazvo nguva ino Lorraine front isina kuona hondo huru dzakamukurudzira kudzokera kuBohemia. Pasi paLeopold Wilhelm, akatamira kuSaxony, uko Imperial yakarasikirwa nemaSweden muhondo yechipiri yeBreitenfeld. Kupandukira kwamambo weTransylvanian George Rákóczi I uye kupinda kwake muBohemia kwakasunga mauto aEnkevort ikoko kusvikira muna June 1644, apo maImperial pasi paMathias Gallas akatanga kufamba kwavo paSchleswig. Muna August, uto raLennart Torstenson rakabatanidzwa nerimwe uto reSweden raiva pasi paHans Christoff von Königsmarck; simba ravo rakabatanidzwa rakadzinga maImperial kumaodzanyemba. Mauto acho maviri akakomberedza uto raGallas muMagdeburg; pakazosvika November, uto racho rakanga rapwanyika. Achiedza kutiza neboka revatasvi vemabhiza, Enkevort akabatwa kechipiri paJüterbog. 