"It is December 31, 1775, and we are standing on the Plains of Abraham. The sun has not yet risen, and the cold is biting. The wind cuts through. Heavy snow is falling. But despite these harsh conditions, about 1,000 American soldiers-rebels from the Thirteen Colonies-are preparing. They adjust their equipment, they check their muskets, they form into columns. In just a few minutes, they will launch a historic attack: the invasion of Quebec."
"In this episode, Philipp Portelance, a doctoral student at the Université du Québec à Montréal and at the University of Heidelberg in Germany, specializing in military history, helps us reconstruct the decisive Battle of Quebec on December 31, 1775. Then, Luc Nicole-Labrie, coordinator for historical mediation at the National Battlefields Commission, joins us to explore in depth the American military campaign in the province of Quebec."
In the fall of 1775, just months after the start of the American Revolution, Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold led rebel troops north from the Thirteen Colonies to seize the province of Quebec, which remained under British control. The campaign in the Belle Province lasted several months and comprised a series of engagements involving prominent military figures. The campaign reached its climax on December 31, 1775, when American forces launched an assault on Quebec City in the early morning amid a fierce snowstorm. Approximately 1,000 American soldiers were encamped on the Plains of Abraham, enduring biting cold, wind, and heavy snowfall as they prepared, checked muskets, formed columns, and advanced to attack.
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