Not only was I greatly impressed by the solid foundations laid by my predecessor, but I was also able the better to appreciate the vastness of the problems with which he had been confronted and the greatness of his achievements, in a command in which some 40 different languages are spoken by the British and Allied Forces.
Rimasi molto impressionato dalle solide fortificazioni fatte realizzare dal mio predecessore, ma fui in grado di apprezzare soprattutto la vastità di problemi con cui egli aveva dovuto confrontarsi, in un comando dove erano parlati 40 differenti lingue tra le forze inglesi ed alleate.