The émigré army under Van der Mersch entered the Austrian Netherlands on 24 October 1789 and reached Hoogstraten, where Van der Noot proclaimed the end of Austrian control.

On 24 October 1789 the émigré patriot army under Van der Mersch crossed the Dutch border into the Austrian Netherlands. One of its two divisions marched towards Brabant and moved into Hoogstraten without meeting severe Austrian opposition. In the town, Henri Van der Noot read the Manifesto of the People of Brabant in the city hall, a specially prepared document proclaiming the end of Austrian control of the Southern Netherlands. Historians have noted deliberate parallels with Louis of Nassau's 1566 invasion of Frisia, which triggered the Dutch Revolt.

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