Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hondo Huru yakatanga muna August 1914 uye Montgomery akatamira kuFrance neboka rake remasoja mumwedzi iwoyo, iro panguva iyoyo rakanga riri chikamu cheBrigade rechi10 reDhivhisi yechi4. Akaona chiito paHondo yeLe Cateau
mwedzi iwoyo uye panguva yokudzokera shure kubva kuMons. PaMéteren, pedyo nemuganhu weBelgium paBailleul musi wa13 Gumiguru 1914, panguva yeAllied counter-offensive, akapfurwa nepapu yekurudyi nemupfuri. Montgomery akarohwa kamwezve, muibvi. Akapiwa Distinguished Service Order nokuda kwoutungamiri hwoumhare: mashoko omubayiro uyu, akabudiswa mu "London Gazette" muna December 1914 anoti: "Unyanzvi hunoshamisa hwokutungamirira musi wa 13 October, paakadzinga muvengi mumapako avo nebayonet. Akakuvadzwa zvakakomba".