Book Name: Monty and Rommel
Writer: Peter Caddick-Adams
There was rarely a quiet moment in the Ypres area, which witnessed near-
continuous fighting, from October 1914 to October 1918. Monty was
dangerously wounded in Méteren in 1914, and from 1917–18 he planned
operations as a staff officer with IX Corps in the battlefields east of Ypres.
Fifty miles away to the north-east, on the outskirts of another big city, Lille, another divisional commander is facing his traditional foe. It is a warm day here too. He sports khaki battledress and wears the special ribbon of the Distinguished Service Order. Since the Germans invaded over a week earlier, his troops have been rushed from place to place in Belgium, achieving little. His own guns speak again, but the weight of fire is coming from the invaders.
Meanwhile, in the eleven days, since Generalmajor Rommel’s advance began, the French have barely attacked his panzers with more than a shotgun. Yet, the General is annoyed. His young troops have tasted victory and are off their guard. They have paused, thirsty, and are resting their tired feet in scuffed jackboots. Squalid eyed, dozing in the sun, their limp fingers hold cigarettes trailing smoke. They are overconfident. The Luftwaffe own the skies, their bombers drone lazily overhead, seeking prey. In the hamlets surrounding Arras, Rommel’s vehicles are backed up in the narrow lanes, unable to move.
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