Luxembourg and Vauban proceeded to take Charleroi on 10 October which, together with the earlier prizes of Mons, Namur and Huy, provided the French with a new and impressive forward line of defence.
Ostala mesta so padla brez odpora, med njimi Oppenheim, Worms, Bingen, Kaiserslautern, Heidelberg, Speyer in predvsem ključna utrdba Mainz.