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From THE WILDERNESS EMPIRE by Allan W Eckert:
p. 370:(Major General) "William JOHNSON summoned his artillery officer, Captain William EYRE, the only regular English officer in his entire army."
p. 386: "At the same time he (Maj.Gen. Wm. JOHNSON) ordered Captain EYRE to plant three of his cannon to command the road and another on the slope of the hill to their left to command the clearing between the woods and camp. EYRE leaped to action."
p. 389: "Abruptly Captain EYRE's cannon belched grapeshot at them and though most of the damage done was to the trees and brush behind them, the French regulars bolted and broke."
pp. 395-396: "Despite the fact that they had been ambushed in what was now officially being called the Bloody Morning Scout, the triumph belonged to the English. An army of provincials, most of whom - with the exception of their Indians - had never seen battle; an army unstrengthened by regulars with the single exception of Captain William EYRE; an army under local command of an entirely inexperienced general; such an army had stood up to and defeated an army of French regulars, Canadians and Indians under the command of a highly trained and seasoned professional soldier."
p. 496: "The post was now occupied by four hundred English regulars under command of Major William EYRE, his former artillery captain. It was a decidedly dispirited garrison, with upwards of half the men sick of dysentery or smallpox and those who were still physically well at a dangerously low ebb of morale. William's (Maj.Gen. Wm. JOHNSON) arrival had the effect of cheering them considerably. It was nice to know that someone not only remembered they were there, but would come to their aid if they were endangered. Even Major EYRE was almost pathetically grateful and it was for his benefit mainly that William decided to stay on here for a least a couple of weeks, perhaps longer."
pp. 503-504: "I am heartily sorry for Spikeman4 and Kennedy ... as likewise for the men you have lost, but it is impossible to play at bowls without meeting rubs. I regret not having been in the action, which Major EYRE so correctly describes as gallant behavior."
p. 505: "Governor VAUDREUIL, however, neglected to mention that RIGAUD's force outnumbered the English at Fort William Henry by close to five to one. Nor did he make it clear that RIGAUD, afraid to launch a concerted attack on the fort proper, had lost courage entirely when a messenger sent in to demand surrender of Major EYRE returned with that officer's reply that the fort would be defended to the last man."
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