Twenty pieces of cannon were conveyed during the night in men's arms, a labour which occupied Ontario and passed over to that of Chouaguen at the opposite side of the river.
retiring 8 pieces of cannon
the whole army, with the exception of the picquets and the camp guard.
On the 14 th at daylight, the Marquis of Montcalm orderd Sieur de Rigaud to ford the river to the ,
other side with the Canadians and Indians, to occupy the woods and harrass the communication with
Fort George where the enemy appeared making considerable preparations. 2
At six o'Clock we had
nine pieces ready to bear, and though the fire of the besieged, up to that time was more brisk than our's, they hoisted the White Flag at ten o'clock
and sent two officers to demand a Capitulation. The celerity of our operations in a soil which they considered impracticable, the erection of our batteries completed with so much rapidity, the idea these works gave them of the number of the French troops, the movement of the corps detached from the other side of the river, the dread of the savages, the death of Colonel Mercer, commandant of Chouaguen who was killed at eight o'clock in the Morning, 3 doubtless determined the beseiged to a step which we had not dared to expect so soon.
The Marquis de Montcalm sent Sieur de Bougainville, one of his aids de camp as a hostage and to propose articles of Capitulation which were to the effect that the garrison should render themselves prisoners of war and that the French troops should forthwith take possession of the Forts. The ar1.