Pipers to pay tribute to Scots killed or captured during "forgotten Dunkirk"
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dailyrecord.co.ukPipers across the country are to pay tribute to the thousands of Scots soldiers killed or captured during "the forgotten Dunkirk" 80 years ago.At 10am on June 12, musicians will take to their doorsteps and play the haunting pipers march, Heroes of St Valéry.It will mark the 80th anniversary of the battle of Saint-Valéry-en-Caux.Just days after the successful mass evacuations at Dunkirk, thousands of troops remained on continental Europe under French command.Largely comprised of men from the 51st Highland Division, they fought almost continuously for 10 days against overwhelming odds until surrounded at St Valéry.A combination of fog and the proximity of German artillery above the town prevented the awaiting flotilla of ships from reaching
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