A small squadron of British ships under…
June 1776 CE
However, General Carleton had not taken significant offensive measures until May 22, when he sailed to Trois-Rivières with the 47th and 29th regiments.
While hearing news of Forster's success at Les Cèdres, instead of pushing ahead he had returned to Quebec City, leaving Allen Maclean in command at Trois-Rivières.
There he had met Lieutenant General John Burgoyne, who had arrived on June 1 with a large force of mostly Irish recruits, Hessian allies, and a war chest of money.
The Americans at Sorel, on receiving word that a force of "only 300 men" was at Trois-Rivières, think that they should be able to send a force from Sorel to take Trois-Rivières back.