![]() ![]() Lieutenant Colonel Tim Collins gave an 'inspiring speech' on the eve of battle in 2003 - but a captain has now revealed the 'sobering' effect on the troops It was the stirring eve-of-battle speech that evoked the spirit of Churchill or even the words of Shakespeare's Henry V before the battle of Agincourt.īut far from rousing his troops to action, the famous address by Colonel Tim Collins is said to have left them demoralised and fearful.Ĭolonel Collins became a household name after delivering his speech to the 600 soldiers of the 1st Battalion, the Royal Irish Regiment, hours before he led them across the border from Kuwait into Iraq to attack Saddam Hussein's forces in March 2003. ![]()
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