Having deemed us negligible it will think us invincible." St.Luc's logic was correct.

The French passed the night in peace, and the next morning, when De Levis went out with a strong party to look for the enemy he found that he was gone, and that in his haste he had left behind vast quantities of food and other supplies which the French eagerly seized.

Montcalm that day, full of pride, caused a great cross to be erected on his victorious field of battle and upon it he wrote in Latin: "Quid dux?
quid miles?
quid strata ingentia ligna?
En Signum! en victor! Deus hic, Deus ipse triumphat." Which a great American writer has translated into: "Soldier and chief and ramparts' strength are nought; Behold the conquering cross! 'Tis God the triumph wrought." But for Robert the night that closed down was the blackest he had ever known.

It had never occurred to him that Abercrombie's army could be defeated.

Confident in its overwhelming numbers, he had believed that it would easily sweep away the French and take Ticonderoga.