Early Modern era · 1776

Battle of Trois-Rivières

The Battle of Trois-Rivières was fought on June 8, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War. A British army under Quebec Governor Sir Guy Carleton defeated an attempt by units from the Continental Army under the command of Brigadier General William Thompson to stop a British advance up the Saint Lawrence River valley.

Battle of Trois-Rivières
Battle of Trois-Rivières · Fralambert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
When
8 Jun 1776
Where
Battle of Trois-Rivières National Historic Site
Era
Early Modern

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