Word: arnolds
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...American General Richard Montgomery and Colonel Benedict Arnold join in attack on Quebec and are routed. Montgomery killed...
When they launched separate attacks on Canada last year, General Richard Montgomery and Colonel Benedict Arnold both carried messages addressing the Canadians as "brothers." Montgomery was authorized to recruit Canadian volunteers for the Continental Army, paying a bonus of 200 acres per man, plus 40 acres more for a wife and each child. Indeed, Congress only agreed to the invasion if, as General Philip Schuyler said, "it will not be disagreeable to the Canadians." The goal of all this friendliness was not just to forestall any British march down the Hudson but also to bring Canada onto the American side...
...Canadians did save Arnold's hungry and isolated forces during this past winter by selling them beef. But when hard money ran out, as it eventually did, Canadians refused credit. When American troops began pillaging farms, the Canadians became increasingly hostile...
...well as swarms of Indians, is massing troops at St. John's for a march into New York. On the once promising northern front, the only hopeful sign this week was the sound of axes at Skenesborough. There work has begun on the tiny fleet with which Arnold, now a brigadier general, still hopes to challenge the British. The year's military effort in Canada has until now at least kept the Indians from being loosed for frontier raiding in New York and New England, but the dream of the 14th colony seems dashed for good...
Brigadier Gen. Benedict Arnold...