Camp at Crown Point, 8th. Augst. 1759.

Sir,

On the 27th. Ultimo, I had the pleasure of Communicating to You, that the Enemy had, on the Evening before, abandoned the Fort at Tienderoga; to which I have now the further Satisfaction to Add, that they have likewise Withdrawn themselves from this place, after having also attempted to blow up the Fort, in which they have Succeeded only in part, and that I am in possession of the Ground ever since the 4th. where I propose building such a Strong Hold as shall most effectually Cover and Secure all this Country.

The Night of my Arrival here I received Letters from Sir William Johnson, with the Additional good News of the Success of His Majesty's Arms at Niagara, which Surrender'd, by Capitulation, on the 25th. to Sir William, upon whom the Command had devolved by the demise of poor Brigr. General Prideaux, killed in the Trenches on the Night of the 20th. The Garrison consisting of 607 Men being Prisoners of War, and now on their March to New York, together with 17 Officers and 160 Men more, part of a Corps of 1200 Assembled at Detroit, Venango, & Presque Isle, under the Command of Messrs. Aubry & Delignery, for Raising the Siege, but Sir William Johnson having Intelligence of their Approach, provided so properly for their Reception, that on the Morning of the 24th., when they meant to March Strait to the Fort, they met with such an Opposition as they little Expected, being entirely Routed, with the Loss of all their Officers, and a great Number of their Men killed, whilst the Loss on our Side is inconsiderable. This Signal Success, added to the other Advantages, seems an happy presage of the Entire Reduction of Canada this Campaign, or at least of Circumscribing the Enemy within such Narrow Bounds as will ever after deprive them of the Power of Exercising any more Encroachments, on which I hope I shall have the Satisfaction of Congratulating You, as I now do on these late great Events, and am, with great Regard,

&ca.