With Steenwijk secure the Spanish pressure in the East was relaxed and Maurice conducted training with the troops at Giethoorn learning how to turn, advance, retreat, double their lines, and so on. After which the army marched to Coevorden and after a siege there captured the city. With Groningen thus cut off from Twente Maurice took to the field again in 1594 laid siege to Groningen, which he also captured from the Spanish.