 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Musi waSeptember 17, Brigadier General Richard Montgomery, zvino ari kutungamirira mauto eAmerica, akatanga kukomba Fort St. Jean. Zuva rakatevera racho, boka revarwi vokuAmerica raiva pasi pomutungamiriri wavo John Brown rakasunga Hazen kuchamhembe kweshongwe yacho. Zvisinei, kupfura kweBritain kubva kunhare kwakamanikidza varume vaBrown kuti vadzokere; Hazen akapedzisira ava mumaoko eBritain. Major Charles Preston, mutungamiriri wemauto eBritain, akanga asingavimbi naHazen, uye akamutumira kuMontreal achitarisirwa naClaude de Lorimier. Brigadier General Richard Prescott, asingagutsikani netsananguro dzaHazen dzokufamba kwake, akamupfigira mutorongo. 