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, but his whole fdrce did not amount ta but a little 

 more than three hundred men. Their march 

 was in the winter, through bad roads, in a se- 

 vere climate, amidst the falls of th^ first snows, 

 and in the water and mire ; but such was the 

 activity and perseverance of Montgomery and 

 his adherents, that on December .the first, 

 he joined Arnold at Point au Trembles, with 

 thrqe ai"^ed schooners, about three hundred 

 laaen, and ammunition, clothing and provisions 

 fpr the troops. On December the fifth, Mont- 

 gomery vyith his army appeared before Quebec ; 

 his effective troops amounted to but a few more 

 th^n eight hundred men, and he could, have but 

 little prospect of success. General -Carleton 

 was informed of the state of his army, and had 

 made such preparations for defence, that he 

 eou.ld have but little ±o apprehend from any at- 

 tempts that could be made against the city, by 

 so small ,a foi-ce, at that season of the year. His 

 force, consisted of colgnel Maclean's men, one 

 hundred and seventy j a company of the seventh 

 regiment, amounting to sixty ; forty marines^ 

 four hundred and fifty seamen, belonging to the 

 king-'s frigates, and to the merchantmen ; and 

 about eight hundied militia ; amounting in the 

 whole to fifteen hundred and twenty ; but on 

 the militia little dcpedence was to be placed* 

 Montgomery attempted both to intimidate, and 

 to persuade the British general to surrender; 

 he also opened two small batteries, one of five 

 mortars, and the other of six cannon, against 

 the place ; but his artillery was too small, and 

 the season of the year too severe to have any 

 hope of succeeding by a regular siege. Nothing 



