Those who entered the French works died there.

The wooden wall held.

Nowhere was the line of defense broken.
Boats loaded with troops coming down the outlet of Lake George to turn the French left were repelled by the muskets of the Canadian volunteers.

Some of the boats were sunk, and the soldiers struggled in the water, as cannon balls and bullets beat upon them.
His view of the field was blurred, for a while, by the smoke from so much firing, which floated in thickening clouds over all the open spaces and the edges of the forest.

It produced curious optical illusions.