“Gentlemen, I have arrived and there will be no withdrawal without written orders and these orders shall never be issued in 4 Corps, thank you.” His Order of the Day to the Corps read, “From now onwards there will be no withdrawals except on my personal orders which will not be given. We shall stand and fight where we dig in. Remember, we are all expendable; the reputation of the Army is not, nor is the honour of the country.”
