An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . sons, one of whom, in retiring, applied a slow-match to one of the guns, and fired it. This shot was fatal to Mont-gomery, and several other officers. Colonel Campbell, on whom thecommand devolved, precipitately retreated with the rest of thedivision. Meantime, Arnold, with three hundred and fifty men, made anattack on the other side ; but he received a musket-ball in the leg,and
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . sons, one of whom, in retiring, applied a slow-match to one of the guns, and fired it. This shot was fatal to Mont-gomery, and several other officers. Colonel Campbell, on whom thecommand devolved, precipitately retreated with the rest of thedivision. Meantime, Arnold, with three hundred and fifty men, made anattack on the other side ; but he received a musket-ball in the leg,and was carried off to the camp. Captain Morgan, with a Virginiacompany of riflemen, pressed forward, and carried the battery, cap-turing the guard. Morgan formed his men ; but from the darknessof the night and his ignorance of the town, he was unable to pro-ceed further. He was soon joined by Lieutenant-Colonel Green andother officers, and his numbers were increased to two hundred daylight they were attacked by the garrison, and after sustainingthe whole force of the enemy for three hours, they were compelledto surrender. Arnold, upon whom the command now devolved, with but three 832 EXPEDITION TO DKATH OF MONTaOMTIRT. or four hundred men tit for duty, maintained a blockade of the city-till February. But the misconduct of his soldiers defeated the mainDbject of the expedition, which was to conciliate the people ofCanada. Reinforcements arrived, and the siege was kept up tillMay, when the opening of the river brought in a British fleet, andGluebec was effectually relieved. General Thomas, who had super-seded Arnold in the command, was obliged to-raise the siege andretreat, leaving his baggage, artillery, stores, and a number of sicksoldiers, whom Carleton treated with great humanity. The remaining incidents of the expedition are uninteresting. TheAmericans were driven by the greatly superior force of the enemy,to Montreal, which Arnold was compelled to quit on the 1
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