Cites: History.com editors. “Battle of Quebec (1775).” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 21 Aug. 2018, www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/ battle-of-quebec-1775.
We, the Continental Congress, hereby authorize these two expeditions to capture the city of Quebec
November 13, 1775, General Montgomery and his forces captured Montreal. (colorized)
My face, my beautiful face...
Colonel Benedict Arnold requested the town of Quebec to surrender, but was denied.
Give up now!!
No u.
Deciding he lacked supplies, Arnold was forced to wait for Montgomery to fight.
Troops, I'm afraid we can't fight until General Montgomery shows up to help aid us in the battle.
But I want to kill someone nowww!
Early in the morning on December 31, 1775, troops entered into Quebec with the cover of snowfall, but the British were expecting them...
The attack failed, miserably. Of the 1200 Americans who fought, 400, including General Montgomery, died, making this the first of many major American losses in the Revolutionary War.