33,000 soldiers of the Antwerp garrison fled north to the Netherlands, where they were interned for the rest of the war, as far as possible from the Belgian border, for fear of compromising Dutch neutrality.
33.000 soldater fra garnisonen flygtede nordpå til Holland, hvor de blev interneret i resten af krigen, så langt som muligt fra den belgiske grænse af frygt for at kompromittere Hollands neutralitet.