Montreal, Capture of (1775)
MONTREAL, CAPTURE OF (1775)
MONTREAL, CAPTURE OF (1775). After Ethan Allen's failed coup de main in September 1775, the main body of the American force under Gen. Richard Montgomery took Saint John's, Newfoundland, on 2 November and pushed on toward Montreal. Because the city's fortifications were weak, Gov. Guy Carleton made no attempt to defend it, and, on 11 November, slipped away with the garrison down the river toward Quebec. American batteries at Sorel barred the way, and the flotilla and the troops were captured; but Carleton himself reached Quebec safely. On 13 November the American troops marched into Montreal without encountering resistance. The city remained in American hands until 15 June 1776.
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Burt, Alfred LeRoy. The Old Province of Quebec. Toronto: McCelland and Stewart, 1968.
George M. Wrong, Canada and the American Revolution. New York: Cooper Square Publishers, 1935.
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See also Canada, Relations with ; Montreal, Capture of (1760) .
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