At first the British had some success, but the advance masked their artillery, while the infantry became bogged down in the mud and melting snowdrifts of the late spring. The battle turned into a two-hour fight at close range; eventually, as more French soldiers joined the fray, the French turned the British flanks, forcing Murray to realize his mistake and to recall the British back to Quebec without their guns, which Lévis then turned on the city.
At first the British had some success but the advance masked their artillery while the infantry became bogged down in the mud and melting snowdrifts of the late spring The battle turned into a two-hour fight at close range; eventually as more French soldiers joined the fray the French turned the British flanks forcing Murray to realize his mistake and to recall the British back to Quebec without their guns which Lévis then turned on the city