The Battle of Quebec was fought on December 31, 1775, early in the
American Revolutionary War, between American
Continental Army forces and the British defenders of the
city of Quebec. The battle was the first major defeat of the war for the Americans, and it came at a high price: General
Richard Montgomery(pictured) was killed,
Benedict Arnold was wounded, and
Daniel Morgan and more than 400 men were taken prisoner. The city's garrison, led by
Quebec's provincial governor, General
Guy Carleton, suffered few casualties. Montgomery's army had earlier captured Montreal, and then joined Arnold's forces. Carleton had escaped from Montreal to Quebec, and last-minute reinforcements arrived to bolster the city's limited defenses. Concerned that expiring enlistments would reduce his force, Montgomery made the end-of-year attack in a blinding snowstorm to conceal his army's movements. Montgomery's force turned back after he was killed by cannon fire; Arnold was injured early in the attack, and Morgan then led the assault until he became trapped and had to surrender. Arnold and the Americans maintained an ineffectual blockade of the city until spring, when British reinforcements arrived. (
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