sentences:  Aware that he could not defeat the British fleet, Arnold decided to try reaching the cover of Fort Crown Point, about to the south.Under the cover of a dark and foggy night, the fleet, with muffled oars and minimal illumination, threaded its way through a gap about one mile (1.6 km) wide between the British ships and the western shore, where Indian campfires burned.By morning, they had reached Schuyler Island, about south.