"He says that whether Crown Point or Ticonderoga, it's merely either horn of the dilemma, and naturally, if the dangers of the two places are even, we prefer Ticonderoga and no retreat.

The Marquis de Vaudreuil had a plan to save Ticonderoga by means of a diversion with a heavy force under Bourlamaque, De Levis and Longueuil into the Mohawk Valley.

But some American rangers taken near Lake George by Langy told him that Abercrombie already had thirty thousand men at the head of George and the Marquis at once abandoned the scheme.

It was lucky for us the rangers exaggerated so much that the plan was destined to failure, as we needed here the men who were sent on it.

We save or lose Ticonderoga by fighting at Ticonderoga itself and by nothing else.