London, Oct. 11.
The Admiralty announces that Marine Brigade and two Naval Brigades, with heavy naval guns, participated in the defence of Antwerp.
Their behaviour was praiseworthy, and their losses, in spite of the severity of the German fire, were probably 300 out of a force of 8,000, The Belgians fought with great determination, but were pressed back by superior numbers. The British and Belgians decided to evacuate the city.
Two of the Naval Brigades reach ed Ostend, but the greater part of the 1st Naval Brigade was cut off by the Germans, and 2,000 officere and men entered Dutch territory and laid down their arms.
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