two o'clock
Everything was in readiness . The only condition to be waited for was a snow-storm . It came at length in the early morning of the 31st December . The army fell into lines at once , and by two o'clock , Montgomery 's arrangements were all perfected . Ladders , spears , hatchets and hand grenades were in readiness . The plan of battle was this . Montgomery , at the head of one division , was to attack Lower Town from the west ; Arnold , at the head of the second division , was to attack Lower Town from the east , and they were both to meet at the foot of Mountain Hill , which they would ascend together , force the stockades on the site of Prescott Gate , and pour victoriously into Upper Town .