The Belgian and British commanders decided to continue the defence of Antwerp with the garrison troops and move the Belgian 2nd Division and the British troops across the Scheldt, when the erroneous report was corrected and it was decided that if were lost, the Royal Naval Division would withdraw at dusk. News arrived that the forts had fallen at and orders were sent to the Belgian 2nd Division and the British to retire. The Belgian division withdrew in stages between and and crossed the Scheldt by The British began to retire at but the orders failed to reach all of the 1st Naval Brigade, only one battalion of which withdrew. At the mistake was realised as the rest of the division began to cross the river from and moved west parallel to the Dutch frontier. The 1st Naval Brigade reached the Scheldt at midnight, only to find that the bridges were being demolished and under a German shrapnel bombardment. The troops crossed using barges and boats and set out for a rendezvous at Zwijndrecht, which was reached at on 9 October. The British moved on to Sint-Gillis-Waas, where information arrived that the Germans had cut the railway at Moerbeke. The British commander Commodore Henderson, decided to head for the Dutch border to the north and at half the original complement were interned and about forty stragglers managed to sneak along the border and escape.