Belgian government at Sainte-Adresse

They were based in Le Havre in northern France after October 1914.

In November 1914, the vast majority of Belgian territory (2,598 out of 2,636 communes) was under German occupation.

[1] In October 1914, the government moved to the French coastal city of Le Havre.

Instead, he established his staff in the Flemish town of Veurne, just behind the Yser Front, in the last strip of unoccupied Belgian territory.

The de Broqueville government comprised:[2] The Flamingant poet René de Clercq published a poem called Aan Die Van Havere ("To those of Le Havre") in 1916, in which he accused the government (the "Lords of Le Havre") of having forgotten the plight of Flanders.