Simple ( I hope) SQL needed

I have table containing dates and order details Desc Order
OrderID,
ItemNo,
Date,
quantity,
total

The same order placed on the same day can have more than one item. I want a simple SQL query which will give me the number of orders of each item placed month wise. The date in the ORDER table is individual dates such as 01-JAN-01, 31-JAN-01, 05-MAR-01 etc. I want to know how may orders were placed by month. Say something like

Month     ItemNo          Number of Orders    Quantity
Jan       123             10                   100
Jan       321              5                   300
Feb       123              2                   80

Thanks for the help Received on Mon Sep 17 2001 - 13:55:48 CDT