about twenty to one
_ III . -- `` The Jubilee of Devils _ '' The party had reached William Henry only to leave it again . Montcalm asked for an interview with Munro , and through Duncan , who acted as the latter 's representative , explained that it was hopeless to think of holding the fort . General Webb had withdrawn the relieving force , and the English were outnumbered by about twenty to one . With chivalrous courtesy , the French general proposed that his brave enemies should march out with their arms and ammunition and all the honours of war . These conditions Munro sadly accepted . Compelled to be with his men , Munro entrusted his daughters to the care of David .