 At the beginning of January 1645 he broke into Bohemia, and the victory of Jankau on February 24, 1645 laid open before him the road to Vienna.Yet, though one end of the Danube bridge actually fell into his hands, his exhausted army was unable to penetrate any further and, in December the same year, Torstensson, crippled by gout, was forced to resign his command and returned to Sweden in the early summer of 1646.In 1647 he was created a count.