https://youtube/watch?v=cZqN1glz4JY The Story starts here in Sydney , Three brothers worked in the pit , Angus , Jim and Sandy Muise . All were Acadians and held a grudge against the British. In 1916, 1917 the Germans had held the high ground at Passendale. I f Canadians went over the top and down the raven the Germans would gas them . There was a 2 years back and forth shelling and hand to hand combat . A stalemate was at hand and general Currie knew the way to Paris was defended by over 20,000 Germans dug in 50 feet with underground barracks and tons of explosives. The mud and carnage was unbearable . Then a cape Breton Private said back in cape Breton their were men who could tunnel in silence right under all 3 German trenches. The plan was top secret , special envoys were dispatched to recruit the best miners in cape Breton to dig a tunnel under the whole ridge . Working under the protection and help from Dutch and French miners . The list attached are Catholics but I am sure there were other denominations . en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Passchendaele youtu.be/YPGrrnpzB_Y Nipper MacLeod of the men of the deeps was in one of the tunnels to explain how difficult it was to chip at chalk with out being heard 2 feet away where the Germans were dug in. The Following is a list from the Diocese of Antigonish and it contains the names of men who dug the tunnels that brought the German forces to a stand still at Vimy ridge and Passendale . Catholics of the Diocese of Antigonish and the great war ----- 1914 to 1919 published in the early 20’s . CB and Antigonish Region Sapper John A Chisholm , 2nd Canadian tunneling Company - captured 1915 and escaped 1917 . Pte. Daniel MacNeil # 3 Tunneling Co. Pte. John A Livingston #1 Tunneling Co. (grand uncle ) Pte. Laughlin J. McLean #2 Tunneling Co. Sapper Edward V. MacCormick #1 Tunneling Co Sapper Steven McNeil #1 Tunneling Co Pte. John Petrie # 1 Tunneling Co L.Cp. John A MacNeil #2 Tunneling Co Dominion / Glace bay region Pte. AK MacDonald # tunneling Co Pte. John Roberts #1 tunneling Co Pte. Charles Gillis #2 tunneling Co No rank Michael Lee #1 tunneling Co Supervisor no rank Thomas Ling # 1 tunneling Co Supervisor (grand Uncle) Pte. Archie K MacDonald # 1 tunneling Co Pte. John MacDougall #2 Tunneling Co Cpl. Hugh MacGillvary #2 Tunneling Co Pte. Alexander Mackenzie #2 Tunneling Co Pte. Edward Rodgers # 1 Tunneling Co Pte. Dan Currie #2 Tunneling Co Pte. Joseph MacMillan # 1 tunneling Co (died In Action) the only cape Breton catholic to die digging tunnels . New Waterford Cpl. Angus Muise # 2 Tunneling Co (grandfather) came back to help in the Halifax explosion . Unsung hero as all these guys were. Sapper Walter Butts #2 Tunneling Co Pte. Evan Butts #2 Tunneling Co Pte. Walter A Butts #1 Tunneling Co Sapper Richard Ellsworth #1 Tunneling Co Pte.Michael F MacNeil #2 Tunneling Co Pte. Allan Corbett #1 Tunneling Co Pte. David Mullins #1 Tunneling Co N Sydney Pte. John L MacLean #1 tunneling Co 29 listed 1 death Glen Muise Sydney 270 6901 https://youtube/watch?v=a2pGoz4ZDgE The Pogues - The band played waltzing matilda Alec Campbell,the last known survivor of the ANZAC forces at Gallipoli (and the last known survivor of Gallipoli) died on Thursday, May 16, 2002 at the age o... YOUTUBE.COM
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