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American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quebec: British forces under General Guy Carleton repulse an attack by Continental Army General Richard Montgomery in a snowstorm.
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1775–1783 American war of independence from Great Britain
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Battle of Quebec (1775)
1775 battle between Americans and British near Quebec City, Canada
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Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester
British Army officer and colonial administrator (1724–1808)
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Continental Army
Colonial army during the American Revolutionary War
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Richard Montgomery
Irish-born American army officer (1738–1775)
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