Ka cika wannan magana: Ko da yake ƙoƙarin sake mayar da James II ya kasa a Yaƙin Boyne a shekara ta 1690, Faransa ta sami nasarori da yawa daga Flanders a arewa, Jamus a gabas, da Italiya da Spain a kudu, zuwa manyan tekuna da yankuna. Louis da kansa ya kula da kama Mons a 1691 da Namur a 1692. Luxembourg ta ba Faransa layin karewa na Sambre ta hanyar kama Charleroi a cikin 1693. Faransa kuma ta mamaye yawancin Duchy na Savoy bayan yaƙe-yaƙe na Marsaglia da Staffarde a 1693. Yayin da aka samu rikici na ruwa bayan nasarar Faransa a yakin Beachy Head a 1690 da kuma nasarar Allied a
Barfleur-La Hougue a cikin 1692, Yaƙin Torroella a cikin 1694 ya fallasa Catalonia ga mamayewar Faransa, wanda ya ƙare da kama Barcelona. Yaren mutanen Holland sun kama Pondichéry a shekara ta 1693, amma wani hari na Faransa a shekara ta 1697 a kan tashar jiragen ruwa na Cartagena, Spain, ya ba da dukiya na 10,000,000 livres.