Highland Division Captured

12th June 1940: British troops fighting alongside the French are also outflanked - forcing large numbers to surrender

Rommel in a satisfied mood. He has just accepted the surrender of 12,000 men. Next to him is the unhappy General Fortune, commander of the 51st Highland Division, plus numerous other British and French prisoners. St Valery-en-Caux.

There remained a substantial British force in France after Dunkirk. Large numbers of support troops were making their way to…