[3]: 19 According to family tradition, he fled, running barefoot 12 miles (19 km) to Fort Edward; the Provincial Assembly of New Hampshire awarded him £14, 11s, 6p for his losses during the retreat, which included his shoes.
Bayley participated in General Amherst's capture of Fort Carillon and of Montreal in New France,[1] which essentially ended the fighting in North America.
[1][3]: 21 With the war over, in the fall of 1760 Bayley and three hometown friends and fellow officers — Captain John Hazen and Lieutenants Jacob Kent and Timothy Bedell — left Montreal to go home.
[2][3]: 24 A dispute over land titles, which found Bayley and Ethan Allen on opposing sides, exacerbated by religious and other differences, resulted in mutual animosity.
[6] Bayley, as a colonel and later as a brigadier general, corresponded with George Washington (63 letters can be read in their entirety at Founders Online, an official website of the United States government administered by the National Archives and Records Administration),[7] first regarding constructing the Bayley Hazen Military Road, then about the situation in Canada and a possible second invasion attempt.
Bayley only saw action once in the war, leading a division in the October 7, 1777, portion of the Battles of Saratoga[6] He was stationed with 2000 New Hampshire militiamen north of Fort Edward.