 With control of the lake , the British landed troops and occupied Crown Point the next day . They remained for two weeks , pushing scouting parties to within three miles ( 4 @.@ 8 km ) of Ticonderoga . The battle @-@ season was getting late as the first snow began to fall on October 20 and his supply line would be difficult to manage in winter , so Carleton decided to withdraw north to winter quarters ; Arnold 's plan of delay had succeeded . Baron Riedesel , commanding the Hessians in Carleton 's army , noted that , " If we could have begun our expedition four weeks earlier , I am satisfied that everything could have ended this year . " 
