Battle+of+Quebec

=__Battle of Quebec 1775__ =



Commanders and Armies: American: Richard Montgomery Richard Montgomery was an irish born soldier who first served in the British Army. Then later on in his life he became a General for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. The reason why he is so famous is because he led an invasion to Canada and it was a failed attempt. After going to college in Dublin for two years he joined the Britsh army to fight in the French and Indian War. He then was going up in his ranks serving in North America and then the Caribbean. After the war he went to Fort Detroit and then went back to Britain for some health reasons. In 1773 he went back to the 13 Colonies and he married a sweet gal named Janet Livingston and began to farm. When the American Revolution started Montgomery chose the Patriot side and then was elected into Congress. When he was in the Continental Army he was working with another guy, Philip Schuyler, but when he became to ill to led the invasion of Canada, Richard took over. He captured Fort St. Johns and then went to Quebec City cause he was that good. He led the attack on the city of Quebec but was killed during the battle. His body was moved to New York and had an honorable burial.

British: Guy Carleton He was an Irish British soldier as well. He was Governor of Quebec from 1768-1778, and also served as Governor General of British North America. During the rebel invasion of Quebec in 1775 he commanded his troops to defend Quebec in the American War of Independence. Since he was such a great guy he was known for releasing slaves that helped in the war and he kept his promise of freedom. And in Canada he served under his brother, Thomas Carleton.

The Battle:

The Battle of Quebec started off with an invasion in Canada in 1775 which was led by the American forces. It was originally led by Phillip Schuyler but Richard Montgomery took over because Phillip got ill. Leaving Fort Ticonderoga on September 16, Richard went to Lake Champlain with 1,700 militia. Coming to Fort Jean 3 days later he forced the garrison to surrender on November 3. Going on, the Americans were at Montreal without a fight on November 28. In the East, more Americans were coming through the Maine wilderness, it was organized by Benedict Arnold. He had 1,100 with him that were picked from the ranks of general George Washington's Continental Army. heading to the Kennebec River from Massachusetts, the journey started to get rough since they found out that their maps weren't that trustful and that they were lacking in supplies. Starvation had set into place and only 600 men had reached St. Lawrence. Since Arnold didn't have much men he had to wait for reinforcements to come. On December 2, Montgomery went down the river with 300 men and united with Arnold. They both planned their attack. Sir Guy Carleton had 1,800 regulars and militia, and since he knew the Americans were coming he tried to make good barricades to protect themselves. To make everything better for the Americans, Montgomery and Arnold were going to come in from two directions. Montgomery was planning to come from the West moving along the St. Lawrence River, while Arnold was going to come in from the North marching by the St. Charles River. They were going to reunite at a point where the two rivers joined and then would turn and attack the city wall. The Battle started after midnight on December 31 during a snowstorm. When they got to the first barricade of 30 men the Americans were stunned when the first British volley killed Montgomery. It also had struck down his two chief subordinates. Since their general was down the remaining officers ordered a withdrawal. Not knowing that Montgomery was down and the attack was a failure, Arnold pushed forward north. He reached the Sault au Matelot, but he was hit in the left ankle and was unable to walk so the command was transferred to Daniel Morgan. They took the barricade down and moved into the city. When they got to the city the barricade came back and surrounded Morgan's troops so they had to other choice but to surrender.