Kammala wannan jumla: A shekara ta 1672, an sake yin yaƙi da Jamhuriyar Protestant na Netherlands kuma an ci gaba a cikin shekaru masu zuwa. A cikin 1676, Louis XIV, a cikin ƙoƙari na "kare kwanciyar hankali na iyakokinsa har abada" (" tabbatar da har abada le repos de ses frontières"), ya mai da hankali ga mafi yawan ƙoƙarinsa a kan Spain kuma ya mamaye Condé da Bouchain. A ranar 17 ga Maris, 1677, sojojin Faransa sun mamaye Valenciennes kuma suka matsa zuwa Cambrai, wuri mafi karfi na Netherlands, wanda aka kai a ranar 20 ga Maris. A ranar 22 ga Maris, Louis XIV yana cikin birni da kansa. A ranar 2 ga Afrilu, Faransawa sun saka hannun jari a wani ɓangare na wurin. A ranar 5 ga Afrilu, garin ya mika wuya, an ba shi irin fa'idodin da Lille ya samu a 1667, amma dakarun Mutanen Espanya sun nemi mafaka a cikin kagara kuma an ci gaba da kewaye har zuwa 17 ga Afrilu. Bayan
Bayan kwanaki 29 na kewaye, sarki ya shiga birnin a ranar 19 ga Afrilu, ranar Litinin. Louis XIV ya nada Marquis de Cesen a matsayin gwamna, kuma ya nada sabbin 'yan majalisa 14 yayin da yake rike da wannan shugaban.