The New Hampshire Gazette

All the Advices received from the Westward, since the Surrender of Fort William Henry, agree in this, That the Loss of that Fortress is likely to prove as fatal as the Loss of Oswego the last Year; the Enemy have taken all our Whale Boats, Battoes, and several larger Vessels, built for the transporting our Troops Stores, Cannon, &c. on Lake George; together with Cannon, Mortars, and a large Quantity of Powder; as also Provisions Sufficient to support 6000 Men for upwards of two Months; a lucky Seizure for them, as we hear their Army were without any Thing of the Meat Kind 'till ours fell into their Hands. It is true that all the Troops made a brave Defence, and the Regulars are not backward to do Justice to the Merit of our Provincials; but notwithstanding this, as no Attempt was made to raise the Siege (however imprudent it might have been to have done it) and no one offensive Operation has been prosecuted since General Braddock's Disaster, the Indians now entertain so contemptible an Opinion of our Management, however unjustly, that we are in great Danger of losing the few of the Six Nations who have hitherto remain'd fix'd in our Interest; as also the powerful Assistance the Southern Governments had Assurance of receiving from the Warlike Tribes of the Cherokees, Catawba's, &c.

My Lord Loudoun is happily arrived at N.York; he received the News of the Attack and Surrender of Fort William Henry to General Montcalm, on his Passage to New York: By the best Accounts, Montcalm had upwards of 2000 Regulars, the rest were Savages and Canadians; and as soon as he had removed the Provisions Warlike Stores, &c. very justly apprehending that the Militia of the several Governments were coming down upon him, he burnt the Fort, and retired with great Precipitation.