Kammala wannan jumlar: Vlissingen a tsibirin Walcheren yana da sansanin sojan ruwa da ke da kariya sosai kuma yana da matsayi mai kyau a bakin bakin Scheldt, yana tsaron ƙofar zuwa babban tashar jiragen ruwa na Antwerp. Garin da yankin Flanders na Dutch zuwa kudu sun kasance wani ɓangare na lardin Zeeland a Jamhuriyar Holland har sai Faransa ta mamaye yankin a 1795, a lokacin mulkin mallaka na Holland.
Yaƙe-yaƙe na juyin juya halin Faransa. A karkashin sharuɗɗan Yarjejeniyar Hague a watan Mayu na wannan shekarar, wanda ya kawo ƙarshen yaƙin tsakanin Faransa da Holland, an ba da Flanders na Holland ga Faransa, yayin da aka sanya Vlissingen a ƙarƙashin ikon mallakar Faransa da Holland, kuma an ba wa Faransa damar kafa sansanin soja a Vlissingen.