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After Phillip Schuyler became too ill to lead the invasion of Canada, Montgomery took over.
Though admitting a mistake had been made, Bradley placed the blame on General Montgomery for moving the Commonwealth troops too slowly, though the latter were in direct contact with a large number of SS Panzer, Fallschirmjaeger, and other elite German forces.
Doris and Montgomery become friends, and Doris worries that she's too ordinary against the colorful personalities of the other students.
Figuring " Tammy Montgomery " was too long of a name to put on a single, Gordy changed it to " Tammi Terrell ".
Both made it clear that Maxwell Field was too close to Montgomery and was not a suitable location for an attack group.
The army was initially composed of militia forces from New York and Connecticut, with most of its operation directed by Brigadier General Richard Montgomery, who took over complete command from Schuyler on September 16, when Schuyler became too ill to continue leading the invasion.
Darkfeather was Cecil B. DeMille's first choice to portray the Indian wife, Nat-u-ritch, in his famous western The Squaw Man ( 1914 ), but she was too busy, as she and Montgomery were producing their own movies independently for release through the Kalem Company, and she was unavailable to play the role.

Montgomery and was
In presenting plans for such express buses before the Montgomery County Council, the administrator of the NCTA, C. Darwin Stolzenbach, was frankly seeking support for the projects his agency will soon be launching.
Petitions asking for a jail term for Norristown attorney Julian W. Barnard will be presented to the Montgomery County Court Friday, it was disclosed Tuesday by Horace A. Davenport, counsel for the widow of the man killed last Nov. 1 by Barnard's hit-run car.
This book, which established his reputation, was first translated into English by William Montgomery and published in 1910 as The Quest of the Historical Jesus.
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC (; 17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976 ), nicknamed " Monty " and the " Spartan General ", was a British Army officer.
Montgomery was born in Kennington, London, in 1887, the fourth child of nine, to an Anglo-Irish Anglican priest, the Reverend Henry Montgomery, and his wife, Maud ( née Farrar ).
Henry Montgomery, Vicar of St Mark's, Kennington, at that time, was the second son of the noted Indian administrator, Sir Robert Montgomery, who died a month after Bernard's birth.
Montgomery attended St Paul's School and then the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from which he was almost expelled for rowdiness and violence.
Montgomery was hit once more though, in the knee.
Montgomery came to the conclusion that the conflict could not be won without harsh measures, and that self-government was the only feasible solution ; in 1923, after the establishment of the Irish Free State and during the Irish Civil War, Montgomery wrote to Colonel Arthur Percival of the Essex Regiment:
In May 1923, Montgomery was posted to the Territorial 49th Division.
On completion of his tour of duty in India, Montgomery returned to Britain in June 1937 where he became commanding officer of the 9th Infantry Brigade with the temporary rank of brigadier, but that year saw great tragedy when his wife was bitten by an insect while on holiday in Burnham-on-Sea.
During this time, Montgomery faced serious trouble from his military superiors and the clergy for his frank attitude regarding the sexual health of his soldiers, but was defended from dismissal by his superior Alan Brooke, commander of II Corps.
On his return Montgomery antagonised the War Office with trenchant criticisms of the command of the BEF and was briefly relegated to divisional command.
In December 1941 Montgomery was given command of South-Eastern Command overseeing the defence of Kent, Sussex and Surrey.
After Gott was killed flying back to Cairo Churchill was persuaded by Brooke, who by this time was Chief of the Imperial General Staff to appoint Montgomery, who had only just been nominated to replace Alexander as commander of the British ground forces for Operation Torch.
Montgomery was determined that the Army, Navy and Air Forces should fight their battles in a unified, focused manner according to a detailed plan.
Montgomery was criticised for not counter-attacking the retreating forces immediately, but he felt strongly that his methodical build-up of British forces was not yet ready.
Montgomery prepared meticulously for the new offensive after convincing Churchill that the time was not being wasted.

Montgomery and pleased
Although the operation had failed to achieve its tactical objectives, Montgomery was pleased with the strategic benefits in the commitment and fixing of the German armoured reserves to the Caen sector.
General Bernard Montgomery was pleased with the air support and told the War Office: " We must definitely keep Leigh-Mallory as Air Commander-in-Chief.

Montgomery and saying
James Montgomery, writing for UWIRE, noted a stylistic change, saying that " While the core sound of the band – honky tonk guitars, mariachi horns and salsa rhythms – remain intact, they have been stripped down to the core, replaced instead with ill Casio beats, rubbery funk and Stax-style horn bleats ".
In retrospect, MTV writer James Montgomery published an article questioning the validity of music critics opinions of the band during the 90's, saying, " All I'm suggesting is that perhaps it's time to admit that we were wrong about them from the get-go — that we treated them unfairly.
In the liner notes on the 2-disc Montgomery compilation Impressions: the Verve Jazz Sides, Metheny is quoted as saying, "( Smokin ' at the Half Note ) is the absolute greatest jazz-guitar album ever made.
The northern sculptor and the southern slaveholder had already clashed over a liberty cap in the interior decoration of the Capitol. Davis sent his aide, Captain Montgomery Meigs, with orders to remove the cap, saying that “ its history renders it inappropriate to a people who were born free and would not be enslaved ”.
The film's opening narration, by William Conrad, does mention both Montgomery and Patton, but is inaccurate, saying:
Field Marshal Montgomery is recorded as saying that without the Bailey bridge, we should not have won the war.
" Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times gave a mixed review, saying that it was more " touchy-feely " than You Do Your Thing, and that " no one works a snarling country chorus like Montgomery Gentry ".
In an interview with Lucy Montgomery, Digital Spy said that the first series had been labelled " horrid and filthy, but funny ", and Montgomery mentioned the necrophiliac pathologists specifically, saying " the necrophilia character, that's gone the second series because public opinion was that that wasn't a good idea ".

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`` They are determined '', Montgomery writes, `` not to be surprised again, and now insist on a state of readiness for war which is not only unnecessary, but also creates nervousness among other nations in the Western Alliance -- not to mention such great suspicions among the nations of the Eastern bloc that any progress towards peaceful coexistence or disarmament is not possible ''.
In looking as far back as Moses, thence to Cromwell, Napoleon, Lincoln, Churchill, and Nehru, Montgomery attempts to trace the stirrings and qualities of great men.
Montgomery made a great effort to appear before troops as often as possible, frequently visiting various units and making himself known to the men, often arranging for cigarettes to be distributed.
In World War II rivals who had combat service in the first great war ( led by Gen. Bernard Montgomery ) sought to denigrate Eisenhower for his previous lack of combat duty, despite his stateside experience establishing a camp, completely equipped, for thousands of troops, and developing a full combat training schedule.
Despite his great love of knowledge Montgomery did not receive a degree.
Montgomery then began preparations for a great breakthrough offensive that would result in the pursuit of Axis forces all the way to Tunisia.
The great cattle drive movie remains Red River ( 1948 ) directed by Howard Hawks, and starring John Wayne and Montgomery Clift.
He was also friends for nearly 30 years with David Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein the son of his father's other great adversary Field Marshal Montgomery.
Governor Shunk's ancestors were pioneers in Upper Montgomery County, arriving there in 1715 from Mutterstadt, Pfalz, Germany were his great grandparents Caspar and Anna Barbara Schunck.
' Roger of Montgomery and other great barons interceded with the King, Earl Roger on behalf of his sons, until finally in July a semi-honorable surrender was negotiated between the king and the rebels.
Robert de Bellême was one of the great magnates who joined Robert Curthose's 1101 invasion of England, along with his brothers Roger the Poitevin and Arnulf of Montgomery and his nephew William, Count of Mortain.
He was given the then important position of chief justice of the court of session of the county palatine of Chester, and the great sessions of the counties of Montgomery, Denbigh, and Flint ; and he was knighted.
They were spread far and wide geographically from Kent, controlled by Odo, to Northumberland, controlled by Robert de Mowbray, to Norfolk with Roger Bigod, and the great magnate Roger of Montgomery in Shrewsbury.
The Wide Awakes were organized under great secrecy by Congressman Frank Blair, an ally of Abraham Lincoln with powerful connections to the incoming president through his brother Montgomery Blair.
In 1965 he was also active in Selma, Alabama, and the march from Selma to Montgomery that led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, thus playing an important role in the efforts that led to the passage of the two great legislative accomplishments of the civil rights movement.
He expressed great interest in auditioning for the role of Montgomery Scott in the eleventh Star Trek film.
Based on the Supreme Court's definition of " successor ", a subsequent action, Montgomery v. Tulane, was filed in 2008 by Susan Henderson Montgomery, another great niece of Mrs. Newcomb and the plaintiff claiming to be a successor.
For the Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band, the major successes and international accolades of today are a great progression from very humble roots.
A group of farmer ’ s sons had decided to form a band as a leisure pursuit in the wake of World War II, and they proposed to call their formation after one of the great heroes of the war, Bernard Law Montgomery.
The Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band has often been dubbed “ The Richard Parkes Success Story ,” and the great respect for Richard from within his own band and from his competitors is as much a part of the band ’ s ideology as its list of prizes.

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