five in the afternoon
It consisted of 900 troop boats , 135 whale boats , and a large number of heavy flatboats carrying the artillery . They were in three divisions , the regulars in the centre , the provincial troops on either flank . Each corps had its flags and its music , the day was fair and bright , and , as the flotilla swept on past the verdure-clad hills , with the sun shining brilliantly down on the bright uniforms and gay flags , on the flash of oars and the glitter of weapons , a fairer sight was seldom witnessed . At five in the afternoon , they reached Sabbath Day Point , twenty-five miles down the lake , where they halted some time for the baggage and artillery . At eleven o'clock they started again , and by daybreak were nearing the outlet of the lake . An advanced party of the French were watching their movements , and a detachment was seen , near the shore , at the spot where the French had embarked on the previous year . The companies of Rogers and James Walsham landed , and drove them off , and by noon the whole army was on shore .