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Dowling, now in command of the British, received Robinson's report of what had befallen both the garrison at Fort Lyman and the guns and baggage. A heavy toll had been exacted on the gunners in the ambush at the river portage and some of the ammunition lost. Realising the expedition was now lost, Dowling made the fateful decision to call it off rather than press on. Sending a messenger to Colonel Wagenbach with orders to break camp and retreat to Fort Lyman, he marched the remainder of his force south to secure it and what was left of the baggage ahead of their return. On 19th May the expeditionary force arrived once more in Albany to report the failure of its objective. | Dowling, now in command of the British, received Robinson's report of what had befallen both the garrison at Fort Lyman and the guns and baggage. A heavy toll had been exacted on the gunners in the ambush at the river portage and some of the ammunition lost. Realising the expedition was now lost, Dowling made the fateful decision to call it off rather than press on. Sending a messenger to Colonel Wagenbach with orders to break camp and retreat to Fort Lyman, he marched the remainder of his force south to secure it and what was left of the baggage ahead of their return. On 19th May the expeditionary force arrived once more in Albany to report the failure of its objective. | ||
− | For the French it was a critical victory with a relatively low cost, losing | + | For the French it was a critical victory with a relatively low cost, losing around a hundred dead and wounded. |
− | For the British it was a costly defeat, losing | + | For the British it was a costly defeat, losing 250-300 men, many of the dead from the militia who'd been left to garrison Fort Lyman. Only the actions of Major Dowling and Captain Robinson had prevented a tragedy and the loss of potentially the entire expeditionary force. There had been rumblings about attempting another expedition the following campaigning season, but these never amounted to anything, and the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ending the war was signed in October of 1748. |
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