 Outnumbered, the Cardinal-Infante withdrew into Leuven; by the time the siege began on 24 June, desertions reduced the French to under 17,000, and they withdrew in early July.After the loss of Schenkenschans on 28 July, the Dutch also withdrew from the Spanish Netherlands.This failure meant the States-General opposed further large scale land operations, and instead prioritised attacks on Spanish trade.