The bulk of the Dutch Navy is said to have left Holland last night and to be crossing the North Sea.
A proclamation by the Belgian Government, read over the official Belgian radio this morning, says that the "defeat of our northern neigh-hours will not discourage us. Our army, supported by our French and British Allies, is stubbornly resisting the attacks of the enemy, Belgium cannot be defeated. The justice of our cause is bound to triumph.
The announcer said the Belgian Government had not left Brussels, and that the Allied Embassies would also remain in the capital.—Reuter.
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