and fourteen from Fort Edward, whither, as also to this town (from which I now write) all the wounded were sent the next day. Our loss is indeed very considerable, as you will see by the inclosed return. The valiant Colonels Donaldson, Bever, and Major Proby, with many other of our friends, I am heartily sorry to acquaint you, are among the slain. So that what we find so feelingly expressed by the poet is here fatally verified, ‘For, How many mothers shall bewail their sons! How many widows weep their husbands slain!’ [Illustration: Replica of the Cross Erected by General Montcalm, Commemorating the French Victory at Carillon] What loss the enemy sustained, or if any, it is impossible for us to be able to give the least account of; they did not attempt to pursue us in our retreat.—Let me hear from you upon receipt of this packet, and, if anything should occur in the farther course of this campaign, you shall hear from me again; but, I presume the French general will cut out such work for us, as will oblige our forces to act on the defensive.’” In August of this year Israel Putnam, while scouting near Fort Miller, was captured by some French and Indians, and, after being stripped of his coat, vest, stockings and shoes, was loaded with the packs of the wounded and marched toward Ticonderoga. During this trip he was stripped naked, tied to a tree, and preparations were made for burning him when a French officer interposed. Reaching Ticonderoga, he was examined by the Marquis de Montcalm and sent to Montreal as a prisoner. Afterwards exchanged, he lived to have a distinguished career in the Revolution. [Illustration: Montcalm Congratulating His Victorious Troops After the Battle of July 8, 1758 (Painting by Harry A. Ogden in the Fort Ticonderoga Museum)] [Illustration: Major Robert Rogers’ Battle on Snowshoes in 1757 (From a Painting in the Glens Falls Insurance Co. Building)] CHAPTER FIVE The Amherst Campaign