Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Agha Ukwu ahụ malitere n'August 1914 na Montgomery kwagara France na battalion ya n'ọnwa ahụ, nke bụ n'oge ahụ akụkụ nke 10th Brigade nke 4th Division. Ọ hụrụ ihe na-eme na
Agha nke Le Cateau n'ọnwa ahụ na n'oge ịlaghachi azụ site 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".