Editing Battle of Carillon (section)

==Battle of Bernetz Brook==
{{Infobox military conflict
| image       = 
| image_size  = 
| caption     = 
| conflict    = Battle of Berntez Brook
| partof      = the [[French and Indian War]]
| date        = July 6, 1758
| place       = near present-day [[Ticonderoga (village), New York|Ticonderoga, New York]]
| coordinates = 
| result      = British victory
| combatant1  = {{flagcountry|Kingdom of France}}
* {{flagicon|New France}} [[Canada (New France)|Colony of Canada]]
| combatant2  = {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
* {{flagdeco|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}} [[British America]]
| commander1  = Captain Trepezec {{KIA}}
| commander2  = [[George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe|George Howe]]{{KIA}}
| strength1   = 350 regulars and Indians
| strength2   = 500 regulars and militia{{sfn|Chartrand|2000|p=41}}
| casualties1 = 150 killed or wounded<br>150 captured{{sfn|Chartrand|2000|p=41}}
| casualties2 = 16–100 casualties{{sfn|Chartrand|2000|p=41}}
| campaignbox = 
}}
[[File:CarrillonAbercrombieRoute1758.png|right|upright|thumb|250px|Map showing the intended route the British troops took toward the fort in their first attempt]]

The British army began an unopposed landing at the north end of Lake George on the morning of July 6. Abercrombie first landed an advance force to check the area where the forces were to disembark, and found it recently deserted; some supplies and equipment had been left behind by the French in their hasty departure. The bulk of the army landed, formed into columns, and attempted to march up the west side of the stream that connected Lake George to Lake Champlain, rather than along the portage trail, whose bridges Montcalm had destroyed. However, the wood was very thick, and the columns could not be maintained.<ref name="KingsfordIV164">[[#KingsfordIV|Kingsford (1890)]], p. 164</ref>

Near the area where Bernetz Brook enters the La Chute, Captain Trépezet and his troop, who were attempting to return to the French lines, encountered [[Phineas Lyman]]'s Connecticut regiment, sparking a skirmish in the woods. General Howe's column was near the action, so he led it in that direction. As they approached the battle scene, General Howe was hit and instantly killed by a musket ball. A column of Massachusetts provincials, also drawn to the battle, cut off the French patrol's rear. In desperate fighting, about 150 of Trepézet's men were killed, and another 150 were captured. Fifty men, including Trepézet, escaped by swimming across the La Chute. Trepézet died the next day of wounds suffered in the battle.<ref name="Chartrand41">{{harvnb|Chartrand|2000|p=41}}</ref>

Sources disagree on the number of casualties suffered.  William Nester claims British casualties were light, only ten dead and six wounded,<ref name="Nester131">[[#Nester|Nester (2008)]], p. 131</ref> while Rene Chartrand claims that there were about 100 killed and wounded, including the loss of General Howe.<ref name="Chartrand86">{{harvnb|Chartrand|2000|p=86}}</ref> The British, frustrated by the difficult woods, demoralized by Howe's death, and exhausted from the overnight boat ride, camped in the woods, and returned to the landing point early the next morning.<ref name="KingsfordIV168">[[#KingsfordIV|Kingsford (1890)]], p. 168</ref>