The Belgian Consulate has forwarded us a copy of the following official telegram from the Belgian Government At the time of leaving Ostend, the Belgian Government posted a proclamation telling that, after two months of desperate fighting, the Belgian army, thanks to its fine retreat from Antwerp, contrary to Germany's hope, went on to cooperate with the allied armies.
The Belgian Government, the seat of which has been transferred to Havre, will remain in contact with the Belgian army.
The Allied and French Govern-monte ensure the continuity and the completeness of its sovereign rights as well as the full exercise of ite authority, and its public services will go on working.
The proclamation says that the conduct of Belgium, odiously betrayed by one of the Powers who bad given guarantees for its neutrality, has evoked the admiration of the whole world. It expresses the confidence of the Government in the union and the courage of the Belgians and in the successful end through which the country is pass-momentary—sufferings
ing for the cause of justice and the honour of civilization.
The Ministers went to Havre on board one of the mail steamers of the Belgian State with the staff of the Ministries.
The Nuncio and all the members of the Diplomatic Body who followed the King to Antwerp went to Havre. King Albert remained at
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