The British took one hundred and twenty-eight guns.
These successes led the British to think that within a few days they would be in Albany.

We have an amusing picture of the effect on George III of the fall of Fort Ticonderoga.

The place had been much discussed.
It had been the first British fort to fall to the Americans when the Revolution began, and Carleton's failure to take it in the autumn of 1776 had been the cause of acute heartburning in London.

Now, when the news of its fall reached England, George III burst into the Queen's room with the glad cry, "I have beat them, I have beat the Americans." Washington's depression was not as great as the King's elation; he had a better sense of values; but he had intended that the fort should hold Burgoyne, and its fall was a disastrous blow.

The Americans showed skill and good soldierly quality in the retreat from Ticonderoga, and Burgoyne in following and harassing them was led into hard fighting in the woods.
The easier route by way of Lake George was open but Burgoyne hoped to destroy his enemy by direct pursuit through the forest.