Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei:
I tiimata te Pakanga Independence o Belgian, i whakawhiwhia a Van Speijk ki te rangatira o te kaipuke pupuhi Dutch. I whakahawea a Van Speijk ki te nekehanga motuhake o Belgian, a i kii ia ka mate ia "i te mea ka waiho hei Brabander kino". I te Hui-tanguru 5, 1831, i pupuhi te hau ki tana kaipuke pupuhi ki te tauranga i te tauranga o Antwerp. I hohoro te whakaekenga a nga Belgian i tana kaipuke, me te tono kia tangohia e Van Speijk te haki o te Netherlands. Hei utu mo te tuku i tana kaipuke, ka pupuhi ia i te pupuhi (ko etahi putanga e kii ana i maka e ia he hikareti ahi) ki roto i te peera o te pupuhi i roto i te pukapuka o te kaipuke. E ai ki te pakiwaitara, ka karanga ia "Dan liever de lucht in" ( "Ka pai ake ahau ki te pupuhi"). Kaore i te mohiotia te maha o nga Belgian i mate, ahakoa he maha pea nga tini. E rua tekau ma waru o ana kaimahi 31 i mate hoki i te pakarutanga.