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approacli very near to the «outh slidre, when 

 Warner and his men .poured in a very hot and 

 destructive fire ; which was rendered more fatal 

 by a four pounder, which was well served, and 

 threw grape shot with great effect into the boats 

 that were most crowded with'troops. So heavy 

 and well directed a fire threw the enemy into 

 great confusion, and they retired Avith much 

 precipitation and disorder.* No sooner had 

 the Canadians under Maclean heard of Carleton's 

 defeat, than they abandoned him to a man ; and 

 he was glad to make a precipitate retreat with 

 his Scotch emigrants to Quebec. 



These events decided the fate of St. Johns,' 

 The garrison had made a resolute defence, but 

 the defeat of Carleton and the retreat of Maclean 

 had left them without any hope of relief, or any 

 prospect of being.^ble to defend the place mucli 

 longer. Major Preston, their commander, cculd 

 no longer refuse the capitulation which was of- 

 fered, and j^greed to surrender his garrison pri- 

 soners of war J and on November the third, they 

 marched cut of the works, and laid down their 

 arms. A very considerable quantity of cannon 

 and military stores were found in the place. 

 The prisoners amounted to fi^■e hundred regu- 

 lars, and m.ore than one hundred Canadian 

 volunteers. They were treated by gener^il 

 Montgomery in the most polite and honorable 

 manner, and conveyed by Avay of Ticonderoga 

 to the interior parts of the New England 

 colonies. 



li WING succeeded in the conquest of Cham- 

 \i\y and St. Johns, ISIontgomery marched on to 



* (Jordoa. V»l. I. p. 427. 



