The picture outlines the position of two strong armies near Saalfeld, which lies on the right side of the print above the river Saale flowing across the entire length of the picture. The regular formation of the Swedish-French regiments is at the bottom, while the Imperial Army is fortified at the top. The landscape is very meticulously drawn with the attention to detail, there are many minor scenes: for instance a burning village, military guards etc. There is an ornamental cartouche with the German text from the previous sheet at the top right. The caption A-E and F-K is at the bottom left and right.
During the year 1639 Baner stayed with his army in Bohemia pillaging and plundering the land mercilessly. However, the Imperial forces built a new army commanded by the Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, a brother of Ferdinand III, and the Field Marshal Count Piccolomini. The Swedish were forced to withdraw from Bohemia and pursued by the Imperial forces marched through the West Saxony to Thuringia. The Imperial generals hoped to finally defeat the Swedish with their bigger army. Nevertheless, the Swedish joined with the Hesse, French and Brunswick regiments and thus fortified, Banner tried to provoke a battle and take an advantage of his present superiority. However, Piccolomini assumed an advantageous strong position near Saalfeld, which the Swedish could not attack without serious losses. Thus, both large armies stood against each other inactively for some time. Both camps were suffering from the lack of food. Baner retreated first, and as the Bavarian General Mercy with his army spoiled his intention to march to Franconia, he went to Hesse, while Piccolomini took a position near Fritzlar.
