The Battle of Longue-Pointe (french: Bataille de Longue-Pointe) was an attempt by
Ethan Allen
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and a small force of
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and
Quebec
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militia to capture
Montreal
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from British forces on September 25, 1775, early in the
American Revolutionary War
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. Allen, who had been instructed only to raise
militia
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forces among the local inhabitants, had long had thoughts of taking the lightly defended city. When he reached the southern shore of the
St. Lawrence River
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with about 110 men, he seized the opportunity to try. Major
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, whom Allen claimed was supposed to provide additional forces, did not appear as they had planned, isolating Allen and his men on the north side of the river.
British General
Guy Carleton sent a force composed mostly of
Quebec
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militia in response to news of Allen's crossing of the St. Lawrence. This force cut off Allen's escape route, and eventually surrounded and captured Allen and a number of his men. Carleton eventually abandoned Montreal, which fell without battle to
Continental Army
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forces on November 13. Allen was sent first to England and then
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as a prisoner, and was eventually exchanged in 1778.
Background
In the 18th century, the city of
Montreal
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occupied only a small portion of the
island of Montreal
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, centered on what is now called Old Montreal. The eastern tip of the island was called ''
Longue-Pointe
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'', and there was at one time a fortification called Fort Longue Pointe on the island, across the river from
Longueuil
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. This area, annexed to Montreal in 1910,
[ Atherton, p. 653] and now the
Mercier-Est
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History
Mercier ...
neighborhood of
Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, a borough of the city, is near where the action described here took place.
With the
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beginning, many thought it would be easy to spread the rebellion to the
Province of Quebec
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, which had only been conquered by the British in 1759, and whose population was seen as resentful of British rule. The American
invasion of Quebec began with the arrival at
Île aux Noix
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of the
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under the command of General
Philip Schuyler
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on September 4, 1775.
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, pp. 322–324 Schuyler, who was ill at the time, eventually turned command of the army over to General
Richard Montgomery
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, who ordered the army to
besiege Fort Saint-Jean, which they did on September 18. At this fort, south of
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on the
Richelieu River
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, General
Guy Carleton had concentrated the few British regulars at his disposal following the
capture of Fort Ticonderoga
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in May.
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, p. 366
American situation
Before turning command over to Montgomery, Schuyler drafted a proclamation addressed to the people of Quebec, encouraging them to oppose the British and assist the American cause. On September 8
Ethan Allen
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and Major
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went into the countryside between Saint-Jean and Montreal with a small detachment of Americans to circulate this proclamation, meeting with
James Livingston, a Patriot sympathizer at
Chambly as well as with the local
Caughnawaga Mohawk.
[ Lanctot, p. 65] Livingston eventually raised about 300 local militia, which he encamped at
Pointe-Olivier, below
Fort Chambly
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.
[ Lanctot, pp. 65–66] Allen and Brown returned to Île aux Noix following this tour.
Allen had long harboured the goal of taking Montreal. After he and
Benedict Arnold
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captured Fort Ticonderoga in May 1775, he had taken a few hundred men north from Ticonderoga to Saint-Jean with the idea of capturing the fort there by surprise, and then taking Montreal.
Smith
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, pp. 383–384 This effort was frustrated by the timely arrival of British troops at Saint-Jean;
[ Lanctot, p. 44] the exploit made Allen a well-known figure in Montreal and the Richelieu valley.
[ Lanctot, p. 50]
Montreal situation
Following the capture of
Fort Ticonderoga
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in May 1775, General Carleton, with only 800 regular troops available to defend the entire province,
[ Lanctot, p. 74] had concentrated those troops at Fort Saint-Jean, placing about 500 troops, along with about 250 militia and
natives
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, at the fort.
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, pp. 35–36 The remaining forces were distributed among the frontier forts along the
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, with relatively small garrisons at Montreal,
Trois-Rivières
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, and Quebec City.
[ Lanctot, pp. 59 (frontier garrisons)] During the summer of 1775 he attempted to raise substantial additional militia forces from the population. These attempts met with limited success, in part because of successful American propaganda and agitation by Patriot sympathizers, especially Thomas Walker, James Price, and James Livingston. By July, Carleton was apparently satisfied with the level of militia support near Montreal,
[ Lanctot, pp. 57–58] but he did little to stop the activities of the agitators, who also sent reports detailing British military preparations to the Americans.
[ Lanctot, p. 60]
Prelude
![EthanAllenStatue1904](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/EthanAllenStatue1904.jpg)
When Montgomery finally began the siege of Fort Saint-Jean, he ordered Allen and about 30 Americans to join with Livingston's Canadians to secure the south bank of the
St. Lawrence River
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against attempts by Carleton in Montreal to relieve the siege.
Smith
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, p. 380 He also ordered a larger force under Brown's command to secure the area north of the fort, and to cover the road between Saint-Jean and Montreal.
Smith
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, p. 371
Allen traveled along the southeastern banks of the Richelieu River, up to
Sorel, where he crossed that river and continued up the southern shore of the St. Lawrence to
Longueuil
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. According to Allen's account, he met Brown there, and the two of them then hatched a plan to attack Montreal. Brown would cross the river with 200 men at
La Prairie, upriver from Montreal, and Allen, with his Americans and 80 Canadians under the command of Loiseau and Duggan, two of Livingston's captains,
[ Lanctot, p. 78] would cross the river at Longueuil, below the city, and the two forces would, after a prearranged signal, converge on the city itself.
[ Lanctot, p. 77]
Action
Allen and his men crossed the St. Lawrence on the night of the 24th, landing at Longue-Pointe. The inhabitants he met there were friendly, but he posted guards on the road to Montreal to prevent news of their crossing from reaching the city. However, one man they detained managed to escape to the city and inform Carleton of Allen's presence on the island.
Brown did not cross the river. While no sources indicate why Brown failed to act, historian Justin Smith suggests that Allen in fact acted alone, and only later sought to blame Brown for the endeavour's failure.
Smith
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, p. 388 This left Allen's force alone and vulnerable, as it had taken three round trips with the available boats to ferry his men across the river.
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, p. 387
Realizing he would not be able ferry everyone back across the river before troops arrived from the city, Allen chose a wooded area near the Ruisseau-des-Sœurs (labelled on the map above as ''Ruisseau de la G
de Prairie''),
[ Mémoires de la Société généalogique canadienne-française 1998, p. 97] between Longue-Pointe and Montreal, to make a stand.
Smith
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, p. 389 He also sent word to Thomas Walker, a British merchant and known
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sympathizer with a house in nearby
L'Assomption
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...
, for assistance. Walker was able to muster some men, but Allen was captured before they could lend any assistance.
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, p. 395
When General Carleton received word that the notorious Ethan Allen was at the gates of the city, he raised the alarm. As the news spread, large numbers of people turned out. Captain John Campbell
[ Lanctot, p. 78 gives the name as Crawford. ]Nelson
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, p. 69 give the name of the officer as Campbell. Stanley
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, p. 46 identifies him as John Campbell assembled a force of 34 regulars from the
26th Foot (the entire garrison in Montreal), 120
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and 80 English militia, 20 British Indian agents, and a few Indians, and led them out to face Allen's force.
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, p. 46 As Campbell's force approached, Allen instructed 10 Canadians to cover his left flank, while Duggan and another 50 Canadians were placed on the right flank. Both of these detachments fled instead of holding their positions, leaving Allen with about 50 men.
Over the course of the next 90 minutes, fire was exchanged between the forces. Allen's remaining forces were eventually broken, and, after trying to outrun the enemy, he surrendered.
Smith
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, p. 390
Aftermath
The abortive attack on Montreal led to the full mobilization of local militia in Montreal, raising nearly 1,000 men,
Smith
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, p. 399 but they soon began to drift away. Carleton refused to organize an expedition in relief of Fort Saint-Jean, and the militia members from rural parishes eventually disbanded to attend to their harvests and the defense of their own homes.
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, p. 49 In November, the besieged fort's commander capitulated, opening the Americans' way to Montreal.
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, p. 460 Carleton fled the city, making his way to Quebec City, and Montgomery occupied Montreal without firing a shot on November 13.
Smith
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, pp. 483, 485–490
Allen and the other captives were brought to the city. Allen, in his account of the encounter, claims that Colonel Richard Prescott was intent on killing the captured
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s, but Allen interceded on their behalf, saying "I am the sole cause of their taking up arms."
[ Atherton, p. 73] Allen was imprisoned in a ship's hold, and eventually sent to England. He spent about a year, mostly on prison ships, before he was released on parole in British-occupied New York City in November 1776, as the British authorities feared hanging him would create a martyr. He was eventually exchanged in May 1778 for
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, a British officer, and resumed military and political service for the nascent
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's ''Narrative'' contains a detailed account of his captivity.Moore
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, pp. 214–242
Thomas Walker, the merchant to whom Allen had applied for assistance, was arrested in early October 1775 when twenty regulars and a dozen militia came from Montreal to his house in L'Assomption. Walker's house was destroyed, and he was imprisoned with the intent of sending him to England for trial.
Walker was eventually freed when the Americans captured Montreal and most of the British fleet trying to escape the city.
Smith
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, p. 490
Legacy
Ethan Allen wrote a memoir recounting his version of the circumstances of his capture, and the time of his imprisonment. This work, along with Allen's other memoirs, were quite popular in the 19th century, going through numerous printings.
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, p. i A city park in the Montreal borough of
Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, where the action took place, is called ''Parc de la Capture-d'Ethan-Allen''.
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