Toward mid- June it clearly appeared from the report of the Indians sent out as scouts from the depositions of several prisoners from the vast preparations made at Albany and Fort Lydius, that Upon this the English had offensive intentions in the direction of the Point of Lake St Sacrement. intelligence, the Marquis de Montcalm proposed a diversion towards Lake Ontario for the purpose of attracting a portion of the enemy's forces thither, and consequently relieving La Pointe. This diversion was to be made, however, in such a way that the defensive could be changed into offensive, ;

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according to circumstances.

The Marquis de Vaudreuil had never lost sight of the siege of Chouaguen a post important by its situation at the Mouth of the River of that name on Lake Ontario, the key of the Upper Country by

communication with the Five Nations, Albany and the River Hudson defended by three forts Fort Ontario on the right bank of the River, Forts George and Chouaguen on the left bank, as well as a species of Crown work, in earth, serving as an intrenched Camp, having also a good port and a its

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well sheltered harbour.

But this siege so important to the Colony did not seem feasible this Campaign, the season being already far advanced, the preparation which this expedition required being

very great, the distance considerable and transportation not being accomplished except with difficulties and endless delays across a country

having no other roads but rivers, filled with falls and