Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Agha Ukwu ahụ malitere n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ nke afọ 1914 na Montgomery kwagara France na battalion ya n'ọnwa ahụ, nke bụ n'oge ahụ akụkụ nke 10th Brigade nke 4th Division. Ọ lụrụ agha na Le Cateau
n'ọnwa ahụ nakwa n'oge a na-agbapụ na Mons. Na Méteren, na nso ókèala Belgium na Bailleul na 13 Ọktọba 1914, n'oge ndị Allied na-emegide ya, onye na-agba égbè gbagburu ya n'akpa ume aka nri. E tiri Montgomery ihe ọzọ, n'ikpere. E nyere ya onyinye Distinguished Service Order maka onye ndu nwere obi ike: ihe e kwuru maka onyinye a, nke e bipụtara na "London Gazette" na Disemba 1914 na-agụ, sị: "Onye na-eduga n'ụzọ doro anya na 13th October, mgbe ọ tụgharịrị onye iro site na trenchi ha na bayonet. E merụrụ ya ezigbo ahụ́".