COLONEL ARNOLD
GENERAL RICHARD MONTGOMERY
HOUSE AT THE CORNER OF NOTRE DAME AND ST. PETER STREETS
Occupied by Montgomery and the American officers during the winter of 1775-76.
HOUSE ON THE CORNER OF RUE BONSECOURS AND ST. PAUL STREET
Occupied by government representatives from 1775 to 1791.
At last the Montreal party was ready. They dashed through the Quebec gate, smashing the boats there to cut off the enemies retreat, and hurried up north. The fight with Allen’s men began at 2 o’clock and lasted an hour and three-quarters by the watch. Though carefully using all natural advantages of the ground, ditches and coverts chosen beforehand, Allen himself was compelled to surrender his sword to Peter Johnson, a natural son of Sir William, “providing I can be treated with honour,” he added. The officers received him with politeness, like gentlemen. In the fight Allen lost twelve to fifteen men, killed and wounded; some had fled, but a body of forty prisoners were marched to the city. The defenders had lost only six to eight of their men, so it was a famous victory. When the prisoners were brought before Colonel Prescott in Barrack Yard an extraordinary incident occurred, according to “Allen’s Narrative.”