Benedict Arnold’s Quebec expedition

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American Revolutionary War campaign invasion of Canada military campaign

Benedict Arnold’s Quebec expedition was a daring but ultimately unsuccessful 1775 American Revolutionary War campaign to capture Quebec City by leading Continental troops through the Maine wilderness.

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Surface form	Occurrences
The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec, December 31, 1775	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Revolutionary War campaign ⓘ invasion of Canada ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Arnold’s march to Quebec ⓘ
coordinatedWith	Richard Montgomery’s advance on Quebec ⓘ
countryInvolved	United Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ
documentedIn	Aaron Burr’s later recollections ⓘ Benedict Arnold’s journals NERFINISHED ⓘ
facedCondition	disease ⓘ flooded rivers ⓘ severe weather ⓘ starvation ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Quebec (1775) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasApproximateStrength	about 1,100 American troops at start ⓘ about 600 effectives reaching Quebec ⓘ
hasCommander	Benedict Arnold NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEndDate	1775-12-31 ⓘ
hasKeyFigure	Aaron Burr NERFINISHED ⓘ Daniel Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ Roger Enos NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasObjective	capture Quebec City ⓘ
hasOutcome	American failure ⓘ failure to capture Quebec City ⓘ
hasParticipant	Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStartDate	1775-09-13 ⓘ
historicalSignificance	demonstrated logistical difficulties of wilderness campaigning ⓘ early American attempt to bring Canada into the Revolution ⓘ
leadsTo	American assault on Quebec on 31 December 1775 ⓘ
notableEvent	mutiny and return of part of the force under Roger Enos ⓘ
opposedBy	British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Canadian militia NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Siege of Fort St. Jean NERFINISHED ⓘ
resultedIn	desertions ⓘ exhausted troops at arrival ⓘ heavy American non-combat losses ⓘ
routeEndPoint	Quebec City NERFINISHED ⓘ
routeIncludes	Chaudière River NERFINISHED ⓘ Dead River (Maine) NERFINISHED ⓘ Kennebec River NERFINISHED ⓘ
routeOrigin	Cambridge, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
routeStartPoint	Fort Western (present-day Augusta, Maine) NERFINISHED ⓘ Newburyport, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
tookPlaceIn	Maine wilderness ⓘ Province of Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedTransport	bateaux ⓘ
year	1775 ⓘ

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James Wilkinson → participatedIn → Benedict Arnold’s Quebec expedition ⓘ

John Trumbull → notableWork → Benedict Arnold’s Quebec expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec, December 31, 1775