Rev250-039 Siege of Fort St. Johns

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

Education, History

4.6 • 938 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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In mid-September, 1775, Continental soldiers under General Richard Montgomery invade Canada, they lay siege to Fort. Saint Johns, south of Montreal. For more details, check out Episode 72 of the American Revolution Podcast. https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2018/11/episode-072-siege-of-st-jean.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.6	Hello, and thanks for joining Revolution 250, where we look at events that took place 250 years ago this week.
0:13.0	This is from the American Revolution podcast, just a short bonus episode to remind you about these important anniversaries from the Revolutionary War.
0:22.7	This week, we remember the Siege of Saint-Jean, which is also known in French as Sanjean,
0:28.3	which is in Quebec, and which began in mid-September 1775.
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1:04.5	The siege of the British fort at St. John's began in the third week of September, 1775. Continental forces under General
1:13.4	Phillips Schuyler had brought an army up from Fort Ticonderoga in New York, hoping to capture
1:19.6	the British in Quebec and bring that colony into the revolution on the Patriot side.
1:25.5	The first step was capturing the British fort at Seijon's.
1:29.3	The fort sat on the Richelieu River between the northern end of Lake Champlain and Montreal.
1:35.5	The Americans had already attempted to storm the fort earlier in the month, but had failed.
1:40.9	After that unsuccessful attempt, Skylar ended up up returning to Taekondoroga,
1:46.4	leaving his second in command, General Richard Montgomery,
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