Famine exhausts the protagonists of the War…

Famine exhausts the protagonists of the War of the Grand Alliance in 1694 and the year sees no great battles or sieges.

Although William is able to take the small fortress of Huy in September, neither side wants a repetition of the bloodbath at Landen.

At sea, the Anglo-Dutch fleets are sent to help the Allied war effort in Italy and Spain.

With the French fleet largely confined to port the rapidly increasing Royal Navy has gained the upper hand, forcing a strategic re-think in France—the French navy switches from fleet warfare to privateering against Anglo-Dutch shipping.

This causes serious damage to the commerce of the maritime powers, and together with the Anglo-Dutch fleets enforcing the blockade, the Allies are unable to use their navies in an offensive way against either Europe or French possessions overseas; Louis can only be defeated on the Continent.