Battle of Longue-Pointe

The Isle of Montreal in 1764. Longue Pointe is opposite Longueuil, which is on the right side of the map.

Date	September 25, 1775
Location	Montreal, Quebec 45°33′45.44″N 73°31′50.91″W / 45.5626222°N 73.5308083°W / 45.5626222; -73.5308083Coordinates: 45°33′45.44″N 73°31′50.91″W / 45.5626222°N 73.5308083°W / 45.5626222; -73.5308083
Result	British victory

Belligerents

Thirteen Colonies

Great Britain

Province of Quebec

Commanders and leaders

Ethan Allen (POW)

Guy Carleton
John Campbell

Strength

37 Americans
60 Canadiens

34 regulars
80 British militia
120 Canadian militia
20 Indian agents
a few natives

Casualties and losses

6 killed
10 wounded
20 Americans, 11 Canadiens surrendered
Remaining force scattered

5–8 casualties

The Battle of Longue-Pointe was an attempt by Ethan Allen and a small force of American and Quebec militia to capture Montreal from British forces on September 25, 1775, early in the American Revolutionary War. Allen, who had been instructed only to raise militia 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 with about 110 men, he seized the opportunity to try. Major John Brown, who 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 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 forces on November 13. Allen was sent first to England and then New York City as a prisoner, and was eventually exchanged in 1778.

In the 18th century, the city of Montreal occupied only a small portion of the island of Montreal, centered on what is now called Old Montreal. The eastern tip of the island was called Longue-Pointe, and there was at one time a fortification called Fort Longue Pointe on the island, across the river from Longueuil. This area, annexed to Montreal in 1910, and now the Mercier-Est neighborhood of Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, a borough of the city, is near where the action described here took place.

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