Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kunyange zvazvo Greenleaf akapfuurira kutenga nyika kupfurikidza nokupikira kuti zvikwereti zveDutch zvaizouya, kariro yemari yeDutch yakaguma muna January 1795. Mubatanidzwa wenyika (iyo "
First Coalition") yakanga yaumbwa muna 1793 kuti ipinde muRevolutionary France uye kuderedza French First Republic. Rimwe remauto makuru zvikurusa eFirst Coalition rakaungana pamuganhu weFrance neBelgium. Kubudirira kwokutanga kwakaitwa neFirst Coalition kwakaguma nokusafamba zvakanaka, uye France yakazvidzivirira nokupinda muBelgium neNetherlands muna March 1794 mune yakazozivikanwa seFlanders Campaign. Ruzhinji rwavanhu veNetherlands rwakabetsera hondo yeFrance, ruchitenda kuti ikoku kwaizoreva mugumo wehurumende yeOrangist youtongi. Sezvo vaFrench vakaswedera pedyo neAmsterdam, chimurenga cheRepublican chaitsigira France chakakandira William V weOrange pasi pana January 18, 1795. Nzanga yeAmsterdam yebhangi neyokuisa mari yakanga isingachagoni kutsigira zvirongwa zvokutsinhanisa mari zviri kure.