![]() The five hundred soldiers he lost either died along the way due to sickness, starvation, frostbite, or turned back taking many of the supplies and provisions with them. When Arnold’s forces finally arrived at Quebec he had only six-hundred of the original eleven hundred men with which he began. A rnold’s Arrival Arnold’s Army was composed mostly of volunteers from New England’s regiments and the siege of Boston, along with a third battalion of rifle men from Virginia and Pennsylvania. The Americans hoped that if they freed the French Canadians from British control they, the French Canadians, would help the Americans fight against the British. General Arnold led a force of eleven hundred men from Cambridge Massachusetts, through Main on a rendezvous route with General Montgomery. Under the command of Brigadier General Richard Montgomery the Continental Army left from Ticonderoga, traveled up Lake Champlain and captured Fort Saint-Jean and Montreal on November 13 th. Quebec’s Governor General Guy Carleton immediately began setting up the defenses upon hearing about Arnold’s Raid on Saint Jean. These attacks convinced the rebels that an attack on the British providence of Quebec could be possible. ![]() ![]() A follow-up raid on fort Saint-Jean, not far from Montreal, troubled British leaders. ![]() Not long after the breakout of the revolutionary war in April, 1775, a small daring force of American troops headed by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold sieged and captured the key fortress at Ticonderoga on May 10. Introduction The battle of Quebec was an unsuccessful attack on Britain’s Canadian stronghold. ![]()
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