Despite his positive remarks about American soldiers, the overall impression given by Montgomery, at least in the ears of the American military leadership, was that he had taken the lion's share of credit for the success of the campaign, and had been responsible for rescuing the besieged Americans.
Trods disse bemærkninger var det generelle indtryk, som Montgomery efterlod, i det mindste i ørerne på de amerikanske militære ledere, at han havde taget løvens part af æren for slagets heldige udfald og havde været redningsmanden for de belejrede amerikanere.