The battle was a disastrous defeat for the Americans Montgomery was killed and Arnold wounded, while the city's defenders suffered few casualties. These forces joined before Quebec City in December, where they assaulted the city in a snowstorm on the last day of the year. There he joined Arnold, who had left Cambridge in early September on an arduous trek through the wilderness that left his surviving troops starving and lacking in many supplies and equipment.
After the fort was captured in November, Carleton abandoned Montreal, fleeing to Quebec City, and Montgomery took control of the city before heading for Quebec with an army much reduced in size by expiring enlistments. Johns, the main defensive point south of Montreal, in mid-September. Montgomery's expedition set out from Fort Ticonderoga in late August, and began besieging Fort St. The two forces joined there, but were defeated at the Battle of Quebec in December 1775. The other expedition left Cambridge, Massachusetts under Benedict Arnold, and traveled with great difficulty through the wilderness of Maine to Quebec City. Johns, and very nearly captured British General Guy Carleton when taking Montreal. One expedition left Fort Ticonderoga under Richard Montgomery, besieged and captured Fort St. The objective of the campaign was to gain military control of the British Province of Quebec (modern day Canada), and convince the French-speaking Canadiens to join the revolution on the side of the Thirteen Colonies.
The Invasion of Quebec in 1775 was the first major military initiative by the newly formed Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
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