 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Rutivi ruduku zvikurusa rwehondo rwakanga rwuri muCatalonia. Muna 1689 Duke weNoailles akanga atungamirira mauto echiFrench ikoko nechinangwa chokuunzazve dzvinyiriro yokuita pavaSpanish nokumutsiridza kumukira kwavarimi kurwisana naCharles II, uyo pakutanga akaputika muna 1687. Achishandisa mamiriro acho ezvinhu, Noailles akabata Camprodon musi wa22 Chivabvu, asi uto rakakura reSpain pasi paDuke weVillahermosa rakamumanikidza kuti adzokere kuRoussillon muna Nyamavhuvhu. Hondo yeCatalonia yakadzikama muna 1690, asi hondo itsva muPiedmont-Savoy yakaratidza kuva ine zviitiko zvakawanda. Kuvirisa kworuvengo rworudzidziso noruvengo rwavaSavoyard rwavaFrench zvakagadzira nhandare inoratidzirwa nokuponda uye utsinye: kurwisa kusingagumi kwevapanduki navanhu vane zvombo kwakasangana nokutsiva kunotyisa. Muna 1690 Saint-Ruth akatora nzvimbo zhinji dzaVictor Amadeus II dzeDuchy of Savoy, achidzinga mauto eSavoyard kusvikira chete nhare huru yeMontmélian yasara mumaoko educhal; uku kumaodzanyemba muPiedmont, Nicolas Catinat akatungamira varume zviuru gumi nezviviri uye vakakunda Victor Amadeus muhondo yeStaffardamusi wa18 August. Catinat pakarepo akatora Saluzzo, achiteverwa naSavigliano, Fossano, uye Susa, asi achishaya mauto akakwana, uye nehosha yakapararira mukati meuto rake, Catinat akamanikidzwa kuti adzokere mhiri kweAlps kwechando. 