GENERAL MONTGOMERY
TOUR OF BRITAIN COMPLETED (Rec. 9.30 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 9. General Sir Bernard Montgomery, travelling in a streamlined train, has completed a tour of Britain, in which he saw and addressed most of the troops under his command, says the Daily Mail. The train, which carried no special markings, had royal priority. Radio communication' was maintained day and night with headquarters, and despatch riders brought documents which were too secret for radio transmission. . General Montgomery, invariably wearing battledress and a beret, addressed assemblies of troops as many as four times a day. In addition, he conferred with members of his staffs. Wherever the train went the word was quickly passed around, “ Monty,s here.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25456, 10 February 1944, Page 5
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