The Minister-Plenipotentiary of the Austrian Netherlands had…
June 1791 CE
Some states had already begun to refuse payment of taxes to the Austrian authorities.
The Joyous Entry has been officially annulled and the Estates of Hainaut and Brabant have been disbanded.
In the aftermath of the suppression of the Small Revolution, opposition had begun to consolidate into more organized resistance.
Van der Noot, the organizer of the disruption of 1787, fearing for his safety, had gone into exile in the Dutch Republic, where he has tried to lobby support from William V.
Van der Noot has attempted to persuade William to support the overthrow of the Austrian regime and install his son, Frederick, as Stadtholder of a Belgian republic.
However, William is suspicious and expresses little interest in Van der Noot's proposal.
None of the political factions in Dutch society proclaim support for similar proposals.
Nevertheless, Van der Noot is able to set up a headquarters in the city of Breda, near the Dutch-Belgian border, where an émigré faction grows.
The Dutch population also remained broadly sympathetic towards the patriots.
As disquiet in the Austrian Netherlands has grown, thousands of Flemish and Brabant dissidents have fled into the Dutch Republic to join the growing patriot army at Breda, although the force remains relatively small.
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