Invasion of Quebec (1775)
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Was the unsuccesful invasion of the British Province of Quebec by the United States Continental Army.
Chronology
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October 1776: An American failed counter-attack on June 8 ended their operations in Quebec. However, British pursuit was blocked by American ships on Lake Champlain until they were cleared on October 11 at the Battle of Valcour Island. The American troops were forced to withdraw to Ticonderoga, ending the campaign.
May 1775: Battle of Crown Point.
November 1775: General Richard Montgomery led his troops north and occupied Saint Paul's Island in the Saint Lawrence River.
July 1776: Retreat of the Continental army from Trois-Rivières.
October 1775: On October 18, Fort Chambly fell.
May 1775: Capture of Fort Ticonderoga.
December 1775: Battle of Quebec.
June 1776: General William Thompson’s 2,000 Americans land near Trois-Rivières and advance inland.
November 1775: Montreal fell without any significant fighting.
November 1775: Fort St. John is captured.
May 1776: After a loose siege, the Americans withdrew from Quebec City.
Colonel Benedict Arnold led a force of 1,100 Continental Army troops on an expedition from Cambridge in the Province of Massachusetts Bay to the gates of Quebec City.
September 1775: Continental Army troops led by Colonel Benedict Arnold sailed from Newburyport, Massachusetts to the mouth of the Kennebec River.
October 1775: American forces reached Norridgewock Falls, location of the last settlements on the Kennebec River.
October 1775: The expedition of Colonel Benedict Arnold reached Lake Mégantic.
October 1775: Two colonial battalions reached the Dead River.
Selected Sources
Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.20
Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.21
Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.22
Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.26
Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.36
Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.38
Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.6
Frothingham, R. (1903): History of the Siege of Boston, and of the Battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill: also an Account of the Bunker Hill Monument. Little, Brown, & Company, pp. 100-101
Tucker, S.C. (2011) Battles that changed History - An Encyclopedia of World Conflict, ABC-CLIO, p.241
