This morning, our pipers and chanter players play tribute to all those brave men who fought at the Battle of St Valery in Normandy, France, 80 years today when thousands of British soldiers of the 51st Highland Division were forced to surrender. Despite a heroic last stand at St Valery-en-Caux, which followed nearly 10 days of fighting, the Division had to surrender to the Nazis when efforts to evacuate them were unsuccessful.
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