 Douglas spectacularly broke out rather than change sides and managed to return with most of his men through hostile lines to Swedish controlled territory
He participated in the Battle of Wittstock the following year, now with the rank of full colonel and actually in command of two cavalry regiments.With these he participated in the famous flanking charge led by Lieutenant General James King, the senior cavalry commander in Alexander Leslie's Army of the Weser.Unlike many of his countrymen who opted to return to Scotland to participate in the Bishops' Wars against Charles I, Douglas opted or was selected to remain behind in Swedish service.