The battalion of Guienne, instead of encamping near the heights, had remained on the Saint Charles; and Vergor, an incapable and cowardly officer, had gone quietly to bed, and had allowed a number of the Canadians under him to go away to their village, to assist in getting in the harvest.
For two hours, the English boats drifted down with the stream.

As they neared their destination, they suddenly were challenged by a French sentry.

An officer, who spoke the language replied, "France." "A quel regiment ?" "De la reine," the officer replied, knowing that a part of that regiment was with Bougainville.

The sentry, believing that they were the expected provision boats, allowed them to pass on.
A few hundred yards further, another sentry challenged them.

The same officer replied in French, "Provision boats.