The Pipes of War: A Record of the Achievements of Pipers of Scottish and Overseas Regiments During the War, 1914-18 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from The Pipes of War: A Record of the Achievements of Pipers of Scottish and Overseas Regiments During the War, 1914-18

This record of the achievements of pipers during the war of 1914-18 is not intended to be an appeal to emotionalism. It aims at showing that, in spite of the efforts of a very efficient enemy to prevent individual gallantry, in spite of the physical conditions of the modern battlefield, the pipes of war, the oldest instrument in the world, have played an even greater part in the orchestra of battle in this than they have in past campaigns.

The piper, be he Highlander, or Lowlander, or Scot from Overseas, has accomplished the impossible - not rarely and under favourable conditions, but almost as a matter of routine; and to him not Scot land only but the British Empire owes more than they have yet appreciated.

In doing so he has sacrificed himself and Scotland - and the world must face the fact that a large proportion of the men who played the instrument and kept alive the old traditions have completed their self imposed task. With 500 pipers killed and 600 wounded something must be done to raise a new generation of players it is a matter of national import ance that this should be taken in hand at once, and that the sons of those who have gone should follow in the footsteps of their fathers.

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