Boyd had hoped to meet up with the remainder of Wilkinson's flotilla who had descended the St. Lawrence River through the Long Sault Rapids, and continue their combined advance to Montreal.

[1] Morrison's force was exhausted from the battle and remained encamped at John Crysler's farm, with only small patrols sent out to harass the American rear guard.

The inhabitants and soldiers of Cornwall had largely evacuated and removed the strategic military supplies to Martintown while the armies had fought at Hoople's Creek and Crysler's Farm, and the town was left to be defended by the 1st Stormont Militia and native warriors from St.

[4] Facing a population of largely women and children, the Americans were remained civil, however some of the soldiers believed they should raid the town and strip it of any vital supplies before proceeding to Montreal.

Local legend tells that Peggy O'Sullivan Bruce, who operated the St. Andrew's and St. Patrick's Tavern in Cornwall, was questioned by the occupying Americans how to get to Martintown so that they might capture the military supplies that had been evacuated.

Wilkinson was infuriated and hastily convened a war council in Cornwall with Boyd, Macomb, and his other generals, deciding that it would be impossible to advance and capture Montreal alone.