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Piloting the Belgica, Lieut. Ernest de Muyter of the Belgian Army, won the James Gordon Bennett balloon trophy for the third time. The cup has now become his permanent property. Leaving Brussels, de Muyter landed at St. Albans Head on the English Chan nel after more than 48 hours in the air ; he had covered the comparatively short distance of 475 miles. Much longer flights have been accomplished in previous races, with over 1,100 miles as the world's record balloon flight. This - the 13th contest - was marked by none of the terrible accidents of last year, when...
Although present-day Belgium was known to the Romans as Gallia Belgica, her history for the most part has been interwoven with that of the Netherlands. It was not until 1830, when the collapse of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands took place, that the modern State of Belgium was created. At that time and for a number of years later, the Dutch evinced a rabid hostility toward the Belgians, but this feeling has gradually diminished during the past 50 years, although the above clash shows that some bad blood still courses through the veins of both peoples...