Ultimately, all save two of the garrison of Fort Le Boeuf reached safety.
The circumstances attending the destruction of Fort Venango on June 20 are but vaguely known.

This fort, situated near the site of the present city of Franklin, had long been a centre of Indian trade.

In the days o the French occupation it was known as Fort Machault.
After the French abandoned the place in the summer of 1760 a new fort had been erected and named Venango.

In 1763 there was a small garrison here under Lieutenant Gordon.

For a time all that was known of its fate was reported by the fugitives from Le Boeuf and a soldier named Gray, who had escaped from Presqu'isle.