Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Vlissingen pachitsuwa cheWalcheren yakanga ine hwaro hwezvikepe hwakadzivirirwa zvakanaka uye yakanga iri munzvimbo inokosha pamuromo weScheldt estuary, ichirinda mukova wechiteshi chinokosha cheAntwerp. Guta nenzvimbo yeDutch Flanders kumaodzanyemba yaive chikamu chedunhu reZeeland muDutch Republic kudzamara dunhu iri rabatwa neFrance muna 1795, panguva yeFrance Revolutionary Hondo
. Pasi pemitemo yeChibvumirano cheThe Hague muna Chivabvu wegore iroro, icho chakagumisa hondo pakati peFrance neDutch, Dutch Flanders yakapiwa kuFrance, nepo Vlissingen yakaiswa pasi peFrance-Dutch co-kubata, uye vaFrance vakabvumirwa kuisa garrison paVlissingen.