Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Vlissingen pachitsuwa cheWalcheren yaiva nenzvimbo yakadzivirirwa zvakanaka yehondo uye yaiva panzvimbo yakakodzera pamuromo weScheldt estuary, ichirinda mukova wechiteshi chinokosha cheAntwerp. Guta nenharaunda yeDutch Flanders kumaodzanyemba yaiva chikamu chedunhu reZeeland muDutch Republic kusvikira nzvimbo yacho yabatwa neFrance muna 1795, panguva yeDutch Revolution.
Hondo dzeFrench Revolutionary. 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.