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"The positions occupied by our troops presented a military situation unique in history. The force, in short, held a line possessing every possible military defect."

Sir Charles Monro, 1st Baronet
General Sir Charles Carmichael Monro, 1st Baronet was a British Army General in the First World War. He held the post of Commander-in-Chief, India, in 1916–1920. From 1923 to 1928 he was the Governor of Gibraltar.