Although most of the province, including the fortress city of Venlo, at the time Belgium's northernmost fortress, was under Belgian control following Belgium's de facto independence after French intervention, the city of Maastricht remained in Dutch hands.
Kuigi enamus provintsist, sealhulgas selleaegse Belgia põhjapoolseim Venlo kindluslinn, oli Belgia kontrolli all pärast Belgia de facto sõltumatust Prantsuse sissetungi järel, jäi Maastrichti linn hollandlaste kätte.