224 Trumbull Gallery of Paintings in Yale College. 
The expedition, composed only of 1100 men, left Cambridge, 
the head-quarters of the grand army, before Boston, on the 13th 
of September, 1775, embarked at Newburyport, and arrived at 
the mouth of the Kennebec river on the 20th; ascended that 
river, then very imperfectly known, through a thinly peopled 
country, following its course so long as it afforded any facilities of 
communication or transport ; then entering upon a tract of moun- 
tainous country, utterly unexplored by civilized man, pursued a 
course through the wilderness, which their gallant leader, like 
another Columbus, calculated would lead to those streams, which, 
running northwardly, must fall into the St. Lawrence: his caleu- 
lations were correct ; he struck upon the head waters of the Chau- 
diere, which empties into the St. Lawrence, a few miles above, 
and in sight of the city of Quebec, arrived at Point Levi on the 
5th of November, and on the 14th, crossing the river at the head 
of 500 men, he landed at Wolf’s Cove, marched to the plains of 
Abraham, and presented himself before the walls of the city. 
The hardships, difficulties, and dangers. of this march, had dis- 
couraged the last division of troops; and their commander, Col. 
Enos, yielding to the clamors and despondence of his men, had 
abandoned the enterprise, and returned to Cambridge. Weaken- 
ed by this defection, by fatigue, and consequent sickness, General 
Arnold found himself under the walls of Quebec, at the head of 
a force too feeble to attempt to take possession of the glorious 
prize which lay within his grasp, and it became necessary to de- 
fer any attack upon the town until the arrival and co-operation of 
General Montgomery. In the mean time, Sir Guy Carlton, g0v- 
ernor of the province, learning the danger of the capital, flew to 
its aid, and threw himself into the town a few days before the 
arrival of General Montgomery, and the junction of the Ameri- 
can forces, which took place on the first of December. Winter 
now interposed in vain to suspend the hostile efforts of the com 
batants. : 
The term of service for which the American troops had enlist- 
ed, generally expired on the Ist day of January, 1776, and it was 
ut d that there existed great reluctance to enter into any further 
engagement. General Montgomery therefore resolved to make 
one last effort, and in defiance of frost, snow, and tempest, a gal- 
lant but desperate attempt was made on the night of the 30th of 
Jecember to carry Quebec by storm. The attack was made in 
