 | Russell Hart - 2001 - 496 pages
...upsetting everyone; he had a row with Crocker the first day ... the basic cause was Harry; I fear he thinks he is a great soldier, and he was determined to show it the very moment he took over command at 1200 hrs 23 July. He made his first mistake at 1205 hrs; and his... | |
 | Stephen Ashley Hart - 2007 - 260 pages
...an unsound judge of men, according to Montgomery, but he sometimes handled his subordinates badly. Crerar quarreled with Lieutenant-General Crocker,...first mistake at 1205 h[ou]rs; and his second after lunch."33 Montgomery also believed that Crerar lacked patience and that he was not calm in the midst... | |
 | Paul Douglas Dickson - 2007 - 641 pages
...quarrel, and so on. As always, there are faults on both sides. But the basic cause was Harry; I fear he thinks he is a great soldier and he was determined to show it the very moment he took over command at 1200 hrs on 23 July. He made his first mistake at 1205 hrs; and... | |
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July, after sorting out the affair; 'he [Crerar] had a row with Crocker the first day and asked me to remove Crocker. I have spent two days trying to restore peace, investigating the quarrel and so on. As always there are faults on both sides, but the... 