Clary () is a commune of the Nord department in northern France.
Heraldry
World War I
The commune was liberated from German occupation by 5th/6th Battalion, Scottish Rifles, on 9 October 1918. The Place de la Mairie was renamed Place des Ecossais in their honour. When King George V visited Clary in November 1918, the same battalion was drawn up in the place to welcome him. Among those liberated was a British soldier who had been in hiding since the Battle of Le Cateau in August 1914.
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References
- Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds & Lt-Col R. Maxwell-Hyslop, History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918, Vol V, 26th SeptemberâÂÂ11th November, The Advance to Victory, London: HM Stationery Office, 1947/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1993, .
- Lt-Col Graham Seton-Hutchinson, The Thirty-Third Division in France and Flanders, 1915âÂÂ1919, London: Waterlow & Sons 1921/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2004, .