Monty's Message

Tough, eloquent General Sir Bernard Law Montgomery rose to the occasion of D-day with this special message to the Allied armies:

"To us is given the honor of striking a blow for freedom which will live in history, and in the better days that lie ahead, men will speak with pride of our doings. . . . Let us go forward to victory, and, as we enter the battle, let us recall the words of a soldier spoken many years ago:

He either fears his fate too much,

Or his deserts are small,

That dares not put it to the touch

To gain or lose it all.*

*James Graham, 1st Marquis of Montrose, Scottish Covenanter who later supported the Stuarts and was hanged by order of the Scottish parliament in Edinburgh in 1650.

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