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By G. E. Ley Smith

The famous 51st Highland Division is ready for action again-and for revenge. Round the few hundred who es- caped capture at St Valery in June last year, a new “Shock Division" has been built up, and these dour Scots now cager. ly await their next meeting with the Hun--in Britain should he venture over the Channel, or elsewhere if they have to seck him.

Of all the units in the British Army, the 51st is the most feared by the Nazis. So elated was the German High Command at capturing 4,000 of them last year that they later marched them through the main cities of the Reich to parade them as evidence of German military victory.

Strange stories are told of the Battle of the Somme, and for the past few days the "Telegraph" has been able to publish an authentic account of the exploits of the vali ant band of men as told by those who came back.

The Gordons were forced to abandon their last stand against the enemy on the River Bresle. Neither German artillery nor air bombardment availed to "drive them back. The real reason was beyond mortal control.

5. Last Stand on the Bresle

Now comes the tragic retirement to St Valery- en-Canx.

From this point on- wards, the battalion, with the rest of the 51st Divi- sion fought with astound- ing heroism all the way

across the Rivers Bresle and Bethune to the cliff at St Valery, where they made their final stand.

Surrounded, weary from incessant fighting, their ammunition gone, and without food, they were forced to surrender.

Some of them got away to tell of their adven- tures.

The general movements of the battalion on its way back to St Valery is known, but countless stories of individual hero- ism will not be revealed until the end of the war.

What has been told shows the tremendous

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and iron fortitude of all the of- ficers and men.

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It was not that they were driven back. It was the old story of the Ger- mans breaking through elsewhere and developing their favourite pincers movement round the flanks. The Division con- tinued to elude the pincers until the configuration of the French coast near the estuary of the Seine and the destruction of the bridges over that river. isolated them with only one escape-the sea.

Official statements fre- quently spoke of the situa tion at this period-as just before Dunkirk—as being confused. That was per- haps true of the position generally. But the stories of this battalion of the Gordon Highlanders and those of other units which fought in Belgium and Northern France reveal that the units of the B.E.F. conducted their withdrawals in remarka- bly good order considering the conditions.

Naturally, in the swift- ly-moving drama, numbers of men became detached from their units, but the battalions, by the skill of their officers and the cour- age of the men, maintain- ed such excellent order as to thwart the German manoeuvres.

Such was the case of this battalion right back to St Valery.

After Lt Brooke had sent the damaged carrier back for repairs on June 6, what re- mained of the Bren gun per- sonnel was

formed into platoon. The single remain- ing carrier was used to issue fresh ammunition to the com- pantes.

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That night the battalion moved back to new positions

· about five miles to the south- west, the Bren gun carrier "tailing" the battalion on the march.

Throughout June 6 they fought another gallant action, holding up the German ad- vance until night, despite the ferocious assaults the Nazis made on their positions. Just as darkness was coming down, about half-past-nine, the bat- talion set out on the march again.

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made their first appearance. They swooped down out of the sky, attacking the convoys as they moved along the roads. Other planes flying at a low- level machine-gunned the men on the ground incessantly. "B" Company was shelled continuously for a long time.

During the withdrawal all the way to St Valery it must be remembered the move- ments of the companies were. greatly hampered by the re- fugees who swarmed along the roads.

On the night of Juno 6 the battalion crossed the Bresle at Gemaches. Once the Division gained the west side of the river the Royal Engineers blew up the bridges.

Here was an ideal place, for a prolonged stand against the Germans. The Gordons held the rise on the west side of the river overlooking the countryside for miles. The Germans would have to come down the slope on the other side, cross the river and come up to their positions. As the river was not fordable, this: operation was well-nighim.... possible so long as the British ben were not driven, from their

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positions by artillery and air bombardment.

For two days the Gordons - held the river. The Germans made repeated attacks, but were driven back. The live- liest encounters occurred in the night. Successive fruit- less attacks compelled the Nazis to halt and try to dis- lodge the battalion with heavy artillery and mortar fire.

This proved equally inoffec- tive, but once again the flanks. to the far north and the far Bouth

gave way. To the chagrin of the troops they had to leave these strong positions and retire in the darkcicas.

Though in early June, the nights were pitch black. Fre- quently the men had to hold on to each other's bayonet scabbards so as not to lose touch. Nevertheless, they renched a wood about twenty kilometres from Dieppe on the morning of June 9 in ex- cellent order and with few casualtics.

Everywhere around them were instances of unexampled heroism. A few days earlier a company of the Argylls had been cut off and given up as lost. With indomitable spirit they fought their way back' through the German lines, passing through the Black Watch, who kept up a screen- ing fire. The Argylls rejoined their comrades during the day the Gordons fought in froht of the wood near Dieppe,

Hordes of German bombers passed overhead on their way to and from the port. Onc day they saw over fifty Ger- man planes carrying para-. chute troops, who were drop- ped far behind the lines. Five of the parachutists,, however, were dropped too soon and came down among the Black Watch, who quieldy disposed of them.

Night time brought another of those long marches. On the morning of June 10 they reached an orchard and farm- house and stayed there all day. Both "C" and "D" Com- panies were in contact with the Germans. Then at night, the battalion retired to the neighbourhood of St Valery.

For a week they had been marching and fighting with practically no sleep. Only by their unequalled fighting spirit were they able to keep going. The shelling had been merci- Jess. German motorised units hnd harried them mile by mile, Overhead bombers had launched attack after attack. Every kilometre the roads had become more congested, with refugees and struggling”, French troops.

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