Just you all wait to see what I have planned for him following the NY & NJ Campaign update.
Disaster At Longueuil - A Different Invasion of Quebec
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The detail and creativity. I don't think I have seen this POD before, and you do a good job setting up prospects for future intrigues.
Will Moses Hazen be a bigger historical figure in this timeline?
Thanks, I hope to keep your interest. If you think you can help me with the Nova Scotia update, feel free to message me. As for Hazen, he will be one of Montgomery's lieutenants and post-war will be an Anglo ally in the predominantly Canadien Quebec.
I don't think I'm expert enough at Nova Scotia in this era to be of much help but do keep in mind infrastructure limitations and indigenous peoples about.
The Nova Scotia Campaign (May 15th-December 25th, 1776)
In the Aftermath of the successful Quebec campaign led by Montgomery, the vast majority of General Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold's Army would re-enlist, having around 7,000 troops who served with the two men throughout the liberation of Quebec in 1775 and Montgomery, who was elected by the second Continental Congress to be made supreme commander of the Army of the North on January 27th, 1776, would successfully call upon a further 8,000 troops to bolster his ranks. He had left Quebec on the 7th of January and would very quickly arrive at Fort Halifax on the 25th, using it as a base of operations where he could requisition supplies, cannon, muskets, and clothing as well as training and drilling his men in the European style of war. Montgomery, the son of a County Donegal Ulster Scots gentry family, had been in the British military, having served in the 17th Regiment of Foot and gained the rank of Captain during the Seven Years/French and Indian War, commanding a company of his regiment near the war's end and Pontiac's War, was a former British Army Regular and thus had training, experience, and discipline that many American provincial and militia officers lacked when the Revolution came, allowing for Montgomery to become the third most senior ranking man in the Continental Army, behind George Washington and Horatio Gates. At Fort Halifax, the Army of the North under Montgomery was educated and drilled in proper conduct of war, including volley fire and how to aim and fire accurately, marching in formation, instituted proper sanitation guidelines to prevent disease, and strict punishments for those who don't comply, though he also believed that men, in their downtime, should be allowed to play with cards and even chatted among with the men and played with them to get them familiar with him. When the end of Spring was approaching, Montgomery's men was well drilled and ready for a proper battle with the British should that come to pass and they were also educated on how to properly conduct a siege.
Among the requisitions that Montgomery would ask for, he would request for 12 Heavy Cannon from Fort Ticonderoga with nine to be used for Halifax and Three for Louisburg and 24 regular cannon (anywhere ranging between coehorns [1], Howitzers, and various other artillery pieces) with eighteen planned for Halifax and six planned for Louisburg. Montgomery planned to aim the main thrust of his offensive at Halifax, splitting his army into three, with 2000 under John Stark heading towards St. John's Island, 5000 under Benedict Arnold to head towards Louisburg, and 8000 under the Montgomery to strike at Halifax, where he believed the British had turned into a nigh impenetrable fortress ever since the loss of Quebec and thus would be the most difficult position to storm. In the middle of April, Montgomery received news of the French capture of the island of Bermuda as well as the American capture of Nassau and the Bahamas that took place in March, which he was ecstatic at as it meant the french naval flank from the South, for the most part, had been secured outside of Florida (which would see a successful American offensive to take it in the following months led by Lachlan McIntosh. On May 5th, French admirals Louis-Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil, Charles Hector, Comte d'Estaing, and François Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse,who had been tasked by Louis XVI and Admiral Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau to work with Montgomery on his Nova Scotia Campaign. As Montgomery planned his operation out in full, he was unaware of the British preparations to invade Long Island and detailed to the admirals what he would do. On May 15th, Montgomery would begin his campaign, moving all his forces along the Penobscot River to the Aroostook River and into the St. John's River before going east to the Chignecto Isthmus, using the rivers to transport his artillery. At the Isthmus, he would have the French transport 250 of Stark's men to St. John's Island while a further 750 stayed behind, making three forts that housed 250 soldiers each and creating fortifications in the region. Then, at the small community of Truro, Arnold's force would break off from Montgomery's force and head north towards Louisburg while Montgomery continued on his march to Halifax with Stark's 1000 men staying behind to guard the lines of communication and supplies back to the colonies. They would be assisted in navigated the terrain by the local Wαpánahki [2] and L'nu'k [3] tribes of the region, won over by Stark and Montgomery. Meanwhile, the French fleet would leave for Halifax and Louisburg around June 29th, when Montgomery predicted he would arrive at St. Anne's Point [4], and blockade both Louisburg and Halifax to begin the sieges for both, with Hector commanding the Louisburg blockade and Paul commanding the Halifax blockade, using any reserves left by the French to move and supply the forces under Stark on St. John's Island. This fleet would consist of 3 Ships of the Line, 11 Frigates, 15 corvettes, 19 sloops of war, and 25 gunboats under Paul and 1 Ship of the Line, 5 Frigates, 11 Corvettes, 13 Sloops of War, and 21 Gunboats under Hector along with several transport ships.
On the side of the British, there were some reports that the Americans were planning an offensive of their own and so General William Howe assigned 5,000 soldiers to the defense of Halifax, 2,750 to the defense of Louisburg, and 100 to the defense of St. John's Island, along with a further 2500 loyalist soldiers, 500 regulars, and 1500 Native allies throughout the rest of Nova Scotia to defend it and perhaps repulse the invasion. Howe would have Major General James Grant be the commander in chief for the campaign while assigning Brigadier General Francis McLean to command the forces in Halifax, Brigadier General Timothy Ruggles to command the defense of Louisburg, Lieutenant Colonel John Small to defend St. John's Island, and Colonel Beverely Robinson to lead the forces in the rest of Nova Scotia before leaving for New York. Grant's strategy would be one of wearing down the Americans, having them assault entrenched positions throughout the area before routing them in one final battle and so he scattered his forces in New Brunswick, splitting them each into 5 groups of 500 Loyalists, 100 regulars, and 300 Natives with Robinson's base of operations being at St. Anne's Point, though he would place the four other groups at the Madawaska [5], or "the land of the porcupine" as it was called by the local Wolastoqiyik [6] people, Wolastoq [7], Tjipogtotjg [8], or "the place where the rivers meet" as it was known by the local L'nu'k people, and Amherst with orders to fall and settle in the peninsula of Nova Scotia if the situation was deemed salvageable by Robinson. Howe promised that once the New York campaign was finished, he would send a force under General Henry Clinton to aid in the defeat of the invasion. As for any naval aid, Howe determined that the French would not be able to offer proper assistance to the invasion and so they would once again finish up the New York Campaign before sending fleets to deal with the waters near Nova Scotia. Thus, by May, the stage was set for one of the first big five opening campaigns of the war.
Major General James Grant, 4th of Ballindalloch, who was the British Commander assigned to the defense of Nova Scotia and had 12,350 troops under his command for the campaign.
The campaign would begin with Montgomery's Army of the North enacting its plan to the letter, moving up the rivers with makeshift transports helping transport the artillery upstream in a quicker manner than was originally thought. Despite this, progress through the wilderness of the Massachusetts Bay was slow and treacherous as the army chopped down trees and removed natural obstacles in their pathway while desperately following the river. Eventually, they would reach the Aroostook river after some delays that involved the Wαpánahki disagreeing with Mongtomery on the direction to take and the natives leaving as a result, causing the army to get lost in the wilderness and they again saw no major combat. On June 15th, Montgomery's forces would finally meet the St. John's River. In doing so, they had unknowingly went around Robinson's force at Madawaska, though there was a very minor battle between a regiment of New Hampshire infantry, 50 men strong, that had gotten lost, and 15 loyalists, 9 regulars, and 50 natives who themselves had gotten lost in the Skirmish in the Madawaska Woods that occurred on June 9th and ended inconclusively with 3 Americans killed and 15 wounded along with 11 missing while the loyalists had one death, 3 wounded, and two missing, the regulars had 3 deaths, 2 wounded, and 1 missing, and natives had 15 dead, 21 wounded, and 9 missing. Following this brief skirmish and Montgomery avoiding that force, Robinson would order them to fall back to Wolastoq and try and halt the American forces there.
On June 21st, after almost a week of rest, the Army of the North went on the move once again and swatted away Robinson's delaying force in the Battle of Wolastoq on July 1st, with the battle seeing the American force of 15,000 soldiers recently trained by Montgomery to conduct war in a manner similar to the British go up against 1800 loyalists, British Regulars, and Natives. The battle was a crushing defeat for the British as several pounds of gunpowder and several muskets and some cannon was captured. The casualty report also showed that the Americans had seen 179 killed, 315 wounded, and 97 missing to the British, who had 215 killed (many Native), 591 wounded, 135 missing, and 359 captured. What fled to St. Anne's Point would be the remnant British force consisting of 100 Natives, 350 Loyalists, and 50 Regulars. Two days after the battle, as Montgomery was replenishing his supplies and forces, he would receive word that the French fleet was on the move and on the 5th, he would receive word that the British fleet was on their way to New York City. On the 7th, he received final news that any territory he captures would be annexed by Massachusetts in the South and Quebec in the North. On July 11th, he would be on the move once again and on the 23rd, arrived at St. Anne's Point, where another major battle, the Battle of St. Anne's Point, took place. In said battle, Montgomery's force once again carried the day as they routed the loyalist militia, who numbered at 850, first and then the Natives, who numbered at 400, and finally the Regulars, who numbered at 150, inflicting heavy casualties as around 219 loyalists were killed, another 307 were wounded, 133 were captured (one of them being Robinson himself), and 59 were missing, leaving only 132 to flee. The Natives would see 100 killed, 173 wounded, 51 captured, and 35 missing, meaning only 31 escaped the battle. For the regulars, 39 were killed, 79 were wounded, 13 were captured, and 9 were missing, meaning 10 escaped, leading to a combined British total of 358 killed, 559 wounded, 197 captured, and 103 missing, leaving only 173. Montgomery's force, however, suffered 93 killed, 157 wounded, and 51 missing for a combined casualty list of 301.
Following the battle, Montgomery would take the rest of the month to rest up his men and allow them to take in the victory while also interrogate Robinson, discovering where the British forces had been located before the campaigns had started. Meanwhile, General Grant, upon hearing word of the defeat at St. Anne's Point, ordered the forces that remained from the battle there to fall back to Amherst with the other two forces that were once under Robinson's command before his capture and try and hold off the American force for as long as possible. Meanwhile, he would take 4,000 of his own forces and split them into 8 groupings of 500, placing them at Windsor, Nine Mile River, Sambro, the Musquodoboit Valley, Chester, Kings County, Annapolis, and Lake Rossignoi. He would then take 2250 of Ruggles' force, splitting them into 9 groups of 250 all over the northern region of the peninsula, and finally he ordered Small to have his forces dig in. On August 3rd, Grant would leave Nova Scotia under Ruggles' command and assist General Howe in New York at Howe's request. On August 7th, the French fleet arrived and blockaded Nova Scotia, specifically Louisburg and Halifax, and began a lengthy bombardment to weaken the resolve of both locations. On the 9th, Montgomery would manage to capture a British scout that had reports of the British placements and restructured his plan accordingly, having 3000 soldiers from his main force split off to go engage the British littered across the Southern half of the Peninsula while Arnold would be tasked with swatting away every British force against him on his march towards Louisburg. Ruggles would make Halifax his main base of operations on the 15th and on the 17th, after a brief outbreak of smallpox in the camp, the Army of the North was one the north once again, reaching Amherst on September 3rd, where the British would see 115 killed, 219 wounded, 151 missing, and the rest captured. With Amherst now reached, Montgomery would enact the next phase of his plan and alerted the French he was on his way. On the 15th of December, the Battle of the Port of St. John's occurred where Daniel Morgan's force of 250 defeated Small's force of 100, seeing 27 British killed, 31 wounded, 9 missing,and the rest captured to 15 killed, 29 wounded, and 3 missing, leading to St. John's Island being open to occupation by the Americans. As Montgomery entered the peninsula, he believed the campaign was in its final months and so too did Ruggles.
Brigadier General Timothy Dwight Ruggles, who was left in command of the British forces at Nova Scotia after James Grant left to assist William Howe in New York.
On September 19th, the siege of Halifax began as Montgomery finally arrived at his destination while Arnold would swat away British forces at the battles of Antigonish (September 17th), St. Peter's Bay (September 21st), Cibou [9] (September 29th), and Wuk'tamook [10] (October 3rd), before he reached Louisburg on October 9th. Minor battles would occur from September 17th-October 15th throughout the lower half of the peninsula at every one of the locations Grant had ordered his men to entrench at, with the most important of these engagements being at Windsor (September 17th), Chester (September 23rd), Sambro (October 5th), and Annapolis (October 19th). From September 19th onwards, Montgomery would besiege Halifax, building a large and complex series of trenchworks that slowly inched to the walls of the port every week, using the cannons to fire into its walls and garrison while the blocked and bombardment by the french helped in many respects as well. Up north, Arnold's force would successfully employ the same strategy and capture several of Louisburg's redoubts with assistance from the French Navy and secured the city's surrender on November 25th, writing a letter to General Montgomery on November 30th that he would move south to assist him. On December 5th, one of Halifax's many redoubts fell to an assault and on the 9th and 15th, the same thing happened. However, on December 23rd, a sheer stroke of luck occurred when, during a blizzard, one of Montgomery's artillery officers fired one of his heavy cannons at just the right moment and pointed in the right direction when a British soldier was opening the armory of the port, in which the cannonball would soar into and cause a massive explosion that created a massive opening in the walls of the fortress. Seizing the opportunity before the initial shock by the British wore off, Montgomery organized 3000 of his best men and immediately charged the opening while ordering the rest of his men to provide cover, with Montgomery, acting as Arnold had done at Louisburg, and charging into the opening first, killing three British regulars he entered the city. Within hours, the city had all but fallen and the British held a small redoubt that barely held their force. On December 24th, Ruggles would meet with Montgomery and would finally agree to the surrender of Halifax on December 25th, ending the Nova Scotia Campaign in a victory of the American cause.
Montgomery would write to the Continental Congress on the victory, offering all of Nova Scotia as a consolation prize to get over the loss of New York City to Howe earlier in the year. The entire Halifax campaign was an interesting moment in the careers of both Montgomery and Arnold as the Army of the North suffered 1095 killed, 1337 wounded, 595 missing, 391 deserted, and 2,837 sent away due to disease while the British had practically lost their entire force and several officers, including Ruggles, after several months of campaigning. Washington and Hancock applauded the success,along with Louis XVI, while Lord North and Howe felt that the war had gotten slightly harder following the loss of Halifax, Louisburg, and Nova Scotia to the Americans, as it meant the main British base in the north was St. John's in Newfoundland. In the aftermath of the campaign, the Second Continental Congress called to promote Montgomery yet again, with Arnold's enemies trying to bypass him, only for Montgomery, who had formed a sort of brotherly bond with Arnold in the last two campaigns the two had been on together, pushed for Arnold to get a promotion as well or he would design, causing Congress, who didn't want to lose one of their best generals, to agree and promote both men, which forever made Arnold grateful to Montgomery for standing up for him.
Following the victory at Nova Scotia, however, Montgomery recieved news of how critical the situation at New York had become. In September, as the siege was starting, he had sent Stark to assist General Washington in the New York and New Jersey Campaign, but was now receiving word of how dire the situation was at the moment. He would make a speech on the 27th that convinced all the men that he would still be leading, around 7500 troops, to re-enlist in the army, a call that was successfully heard as these soldiers, high off the victories they had seen under their general, believed themselves untouchable, though Montgomery himself privately admitted, "I fear the day my soldiers face a real British Army that has a strength similar to our own. We have only faced scatterings of a real force for now. I pray they can pass the true test of combat." On December 29th, Montgomery and Arnold would set sail from Halifax to head to Burlington, link with Washington's army, and win the New York campaign in a stalemate at the very least. However, on january 9th, as the French fleet transporting his army was on its way to Burlington, he recieved news that shook him, Arnold, and the Army and rebellion to its very core.
[1] - Small Mortars
[2] - Abenaki
[3] - Mi'mak
[4] - Fredericton
[5] - Edmundston
[6] - Maliseet
[7] - Woodstock
[8] - Moncton
[9] - Sydney
[10] - Glace Bay
And done with the Nova Scotia update. Tried to have this one be as realistic as possible. If you want to make an infobox for the campaign feel free to. I would like to know your thoughts on the update and what you all think happened from what was implied at the end of the update. Until the next update (New York and New Jersey Campaign), see ya!
Among the requisitions that Montgomery would ask for, he would request for 12 Heavy Cannon from Fort Ticonderoga with nine to be used for Halifax and Three for Louisburg and 24 regular cannon (anywhere ranging between coehorns [1], Howitzers, and various other artillery pieces) with eighteen planned for Halifax and six planned for Louisburg. Montgomery planned to aim the main thrust of his offensive at Halifax, splitting his army into three, with 2000 under John Stark heading towards St. John's Island, 5000 under Benedict Arnold to head towards Louisburg, and 8000 under the Montgomery to strike at Halifax, where he believed the British had turned into a nigh impenetrable fortress ever since the loss of Quebec and thus would be the most difficult position to storm. In the middle of April, Montgomery received news of the French capture of the island of Bermuda as well as the American capture of Nassau and the Bahamas that took place in March, which he was ecstatic at as it meant the french naval flank from the South, for the most part, had been secured outside of Florida (which would see a successful American offensive to take it in the following months led by Lachlan McIntosh. On May 5th, French admirals Louis-Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil, Charles Hector, Comte d'Estaing, and François Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse,who had been tasked by Louis XVI and Admiral Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau to work with Montgomery on his Nova Scotia Campaign. As Montgomery planned his operation out in full, he was unaware of the British preparations to invade Long Island and detailed to the admirals what he would do. On May 15th, Montgomery would begin his campaign, moving all his forces along the Penobscot River to the Aroostook River and into the St. John's River before going east to the Chignecto Isthmus, using the rivers to transport his artillery. At the Isthmus, he would have the French transport 250 of Stark's men to St. John's Island while a further 750 stayed behind, making three forts that housed 250 soldiers each and creating fortifications in the region. Then, at the small community of Truro, Arnold's force would break off from Montgomery's force and head north towards Louisburg while Montgomery continued on his march to Halifax with Stark's 1000 men staying behind to guard the lines of communication and supplies back to the colonies. They would be assisted in navigated the terrain by the local Wαpánahki [2] and L'nu'k [3] tribes of the region, won over by Stark and Montgomery. Meanwhile, the French fleet would leave for Halifax and Louisburg around June 29th, when Montgomery predicted he would arrive at St. Anne's Point [4], and blockade both Louisburg and Halifax to begin the sieges for both, with Hector commanding the Louisburg blockade and Paul commanding the Halifax blockade, using any reserves left by the French to move and supply the forces under Stark on St. John's Island. This fleet would consist of 3 Ships of the Line, 11 Frigates, 15 corvettes, 19 sloops of war, and 25 gunboats under Paul and 1 Ship of the Line, 5 Frigates, 11 Corvettes, 13 Sloops of War, and 21 Gunboats under Hector along with several transport ships.
On the side of the British, there were some reports that the Americans were planning an offensive of their own and so General William Howe assigned 5,000 soldiers to the defense of Halifax, 2,750 to the defense of Louisburg, and 100 to the defense of St. John's Island, along with a further 2500 loyalist soldiers, 500 regulars, and 1500 Native allies throughout the rest of Nova Scotia to defend it and perhaps repulse the invasion. Howe would have Major General James Grant be the commander in chief for the campaign while assigning Brigadier General Francis McLean to command the forces in Halifax, Brigadier General Timothy Ruggles to command the defense of Louisburg, Lieutenant Colonel John Small to defend St. John's Island, and Colonel Beverely Robinson to lead the forces in the rest of Nova Scotia before leaving for New York. Grant's strategy would be one of wearing down the Americans, having them assault entrenched positions throughout the area before routing them in one final battle and so he scattered his forces in New Brunswick, splitting them each into 5 groups of 500 Loyalists, 100 regulars, and 300 Natives with Robinson's base of operations being at St. Anne's Point, though he would place the four other groups at the Madawaska [5], or "the land of the porcupine" as it was called by the local Wolastoqiyik [6] people, Wolastoq [7], Tjipogtotjg [8], or "the place where the rivers meet" as it was known by the local L'nu'k people, and Amherst with orders to fall and settle in the peninsula of Nova Scotia if the situation was deemed salvageable by Robinson. Howe promised that once the New York campaign was finished, he would send a force under General Henry Clinton to aid in the defeat of the invasion. As for any naval aid, Howe determined that the French would not be able to offer proper assistance to the invasion and so they would once again finish up the New York Campaign before sending fleets to deal with the waters near Nova Scotia. Thus, by May, the stage was set for one of the first big five opening campaigns of the war.
Major General James Grant, 4th of Ballindalloch, who was the British Commander assigned to the defense of Nova Scotia and had 12,350 troops under his command for the campaign.
On June 21st, after almost a week of rest, the Army of the North went on the move once again and swatted away Robinson's delaying force in the Battle of Wolastoq on July 1st, with the battle seeing the American force of 15,000 soldiers recently trained by Montgomery to conduct war in a manner similar to the British go up against 1800 loyalists, British Regulars, and Natives. The battle was a crushing defeat for the British as several pounds of gunpowder and several muskets and some cannon was captured. The casualty report also showed that the Americans had seen 179 killed, 315 wounded, and 97 missing to the British, who had 215 killed (many Native), 591 wounded, 135 missing, and 359 captured. What fled to St. Anne's Point would be the remnant British force consisting of 100 Natives, 350 Loyalists, and 50 Regulars. Two days after the battle, as Montgomery was replenishing his supplies and forces, he would receive word that the French fleet was on the move and on the 5th, he would receive word that the British fleet was on their way to New York City. On the 7th, he received final news that any territory he captures would be annexed by Massachusetts in the South and Quebec in the North. On July 11th, he would be on the move once again and on the 23rd, arrived at St. Anne's Point, where another major battle, the Battle of St. Anne's Point, took place. In said battle, Montgomery's force once again carried the day as they routed the loyalist militia, who numbered at 850, first and then the Natives, who numbered at 400, and finally the Regulars, who numbered at 150, inflicting heavy casualties as around 219 loyalists were killed, another 307 were wounded, 133 were captured (one of them being Robinson himself), and 59 were missing, leaving only 132 to flee. The Natives would see 100 killed, 173 wounded, 51 captured, and 35 missing, meaning only 31 escaped the battle. For the regulars, 39 were killed, 79 were wounded, 13 were captured, and 9 were missing, meaning 10 escaped, leading to a combined British total of 358 killed, 559 wounded, 197 captured, and 103 missing, leaving only 173. Montgomery's force, however, suffered 93 killed, 157 wounded, and 51 missing for a combined casualty list of 301.
Following the battle, Montgomery would take the rest of the month to rest up his men and allow them to take in the victory while also interrogate Robinson, discovering where the British forces had been located before the campaigns had started. Meanwhile, General Grant, upon hearing word of the defeat at St. Anne's Point, ordered the forces that remained from the battle there to fall back to Amherst with the other two forces that were once under Robinson's command before his capture and try and hold off the American force for as long as possible. Meanwhile, he would take 4,000 of his own forces and split them into 8 groupings of 500, placing them at Windsor, Nine Mile River, Sambro, the Musquodoboit Valley, Chester, Kings County, Annapolis, and Lake Rossignoi. He would then take 2250 of Ruggles' force, splitting them into 9 groups of 250 all over the northern region of the peninsula, and finally he ordered Small to have his forces dig in. On August 3rd, Grant would leave Nova Scotia under Ruggles' command and assist General Howe in New York at Howe's request. On August 7th, the French fleet arrived and blockaded Nova Scotia, specifically Louisburg and Halifax, and began a lengthy bombardment to weaken the resolve of both locations. On the 9th, Montgomery would manage to capture a British scout that had reports of the British placements and restructured his plan accordingly, having 3000 soldiers from his main force split off to go engage the British littered across the Southern half of the Peninsula while Arnold would be tasked with swatting away every British force against him on his march towards Louisburg. Ruggles would make Halifax his main base of operations on the 15th and on the 17th, after a brief outbreak of smallpox in the camp, the Army of the North was one the north once again, reaching Amherst on September 3rd, where the British would see 115 killed, 219 wounded, 151 missing, and the rest captured. With Amherst now reached, Montgomery would enact the next phase of his plan and alerted the French he was on his way. On the 15th of December, the Battle of the Port of St. John's occurred where Daniel Morgan's force of 250 defeated Small's force of 100, seeing 27 British killed, 31 wounded, 9 missing,and the rest captured to 15 killed, 29 wounded, and 3 missing, leading to St. John's Island being open to occupation by the Americans. As Montgomery entered the peninsula, he believed the campaign was in its final months and so too did Ruggles.
Brigadier General Timothy Dwight Ruggles, who was left in command of the British forces at Nova Scotia after James Grant left to assist William Howe in New York.
Montgomery would write to the Continental Congress on the victory, offering all of Nova Scotia as a consolation prize to get over the loss of New York City to Howe earlier in the year. The entire Halifax campaign was an interesting moment in the careers of both Montgomery and Arnold as the Army of the North suffered 1095 killed, 1337 wounded, 595 missing, 391 deserted, and 2,837 sent away due to disease while the British had practically lost their entire force and several officers, including Ruggles, after several months of campaigning. Washington and Hancock applauded the success,along with Louis XVI, while Lord North and Howe felt that the war had gotten slightly harder following the loss of Halifax, Louisburg, and Nova Scotia to the Americans, as it meant the main British base in the north was St. John's in Newfoundland. In the aftermath of the campaign, the Second Continental Congress called to promote Montgomery yet again, with Arnold's enemies trying to bypass him, only for Montgomery, who had formed a sort of brotherly bond with Arnold in the last two campaigns the two had been on together, pushed for Arnold to get a promotion as well or he would design, causing Congress, who didn't want to lose one of their best generals, to agree and promote both men, which forever made Arnold grateful to Montgomery for standing up for him.
Following the victory at Nova Scotia, however, Montgomery recieved news of how critical the situation at New York had become. In September, as the siege was starting, he had sent Stark to assist General Washington in the New York and New Jersey Campaign, but was now receiving word of how dire the situation was at the moment. He would make a speech on the 27th that convinced all the men that he would still be leading, around 7500 troops, to re-enlist in the army, a call that was successfully heard as these soldiers, high off the victories they had seen under their general, believed themselves untouchable, though Montgomery himself privately admitted, "I fear the day my soldiers face a real British Army that has a strength similar to our own. We have only faced scatterings of a real force for now. I pray they can pass the true test of combat." On December 29th, Montgomery and Arnold would set sail from Halifax to head to Burlington, link with Washington's army, and win the New York campaign in a stalemate at the very least. However, on january 9th, as the French fleet transporting his army was on its way to Burlington, he recieved news that shook him, Arnold, and the Army and rebellion to its very core.
[1] - Small Mortars
[2] - Abenaki
[3] - Mi'mak
[4] - Fredericton
[5] - Edmundston
[6] - Maliseet
[7] - Woodstock
[8] - Moncton
[9] - Sydney
[10] - Glace Bay
And done with the Nova Scotia update. Tried to have this one be as realistic as possible. If you want to make an infobox for the campaign feel free to. I would like to know your thoughts on the update and what you all think happened from what was implied at the end of the update. Until the next update (New York and New Jersey Campaign), see ya!
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welp, I hope you think the update is realistic enough to you, since I just guesstimated everything for it.
Crud. I was in a bit of rush when writing it so think you can tell me what needs fixing? Also favorite part of the update and any guesses for what happened?
There's more than one. Mostly grammar and syntax, but at one point you say that St John's, Newfoundland is an American base rather than a British one. I liked your cliffhanger. Presumably New York surrenders as per OTL. I also like your alternate placenames. Greater Mi'kmaq influence?
I can fix that tomorrow but might need help with fixing the grammar and syntax since I am not good with catching those things.
As for the cliffhanger, it's something that occurs in a specific battle of the campaign. Montgomery already knows NYC is lost but he'll arrive when the campaign is over.
On the names, it's less that and more I want to be accurate to what these areas were called in the time period. I used ChatGPT for the information and I know it's not the best source but it's the best I got that's free.
Also, wdyt of Montgomery and any thoughts on how you think his army might do in a real battle (and thoughts on his campaign plan and how he reacted to Grant's plan)?
The British after Montgomery takes two provinces from them in the span of two years -
Thanks. What are your favorite parts so far and what do you think of Montgomery, his campaigns, and how do you think his army will perform in a battle against an actual British force?
I think Montgomery's army is going to take heavy losses when facing the real thing. Do they win or lose? I'm not sure. Other factors will be at play. Stalemates on the field of battle are possible here, as well as pyrrhic victories for one side or the other.
That is true, but do remember that Montgomery trained his men and disciplined them in the European style of war and continues to do that so that they can be ready for battle. He is cautious about their chances, but he believes that they can cause an upset if they are well trained and drilled enough, though the main continental army does need the training he gave his men. What do you think of Montgomery himself, thoughts on his Nova Scotia plan, and any guesses to the cliffhanger? (Also, Richard will convince Robert R. Livingston (his brother-in-law) to let Arnold marry Robert's sister/Montgomery's sister-in-law Margaret, so he never has to marry Peggy and he has a decent income that can hold him over instead of being screwed by Congress (oh and I have the Presidential Cabinets to 1861 figured out, but tomorrow I will figure out the Presidential Elections, Caucuses, and Conventions, but might need help on the census stuff)).
Interesting. If Washington does survive this news, he may not survive politically. He hung on only by the....well not skin...of his teeth against Gates IOTL and Montgomery has a stronger record
Well, on both Gates and Washington, you'd have to wait for the next update. Might do the Bahamas and Bermuda and then the Florida updates first to keep y'all in suspense.