Robert Rogers: Rogers' Rangers and the French and Indian WarThe life story of Major Robert Rogers, the New England frontiersman who recruited companies of colonial soldiers, known as Rogers Rangers, to fight for the British in the French and Indian War, is a compelling mix of military intrigue and national identity. This feisty major codified colonial military strategies into a document, known as Standing Orders, and put these principles to practice in many battles, campaigns, and scouting. |
Contents
Introduction to Robert Rogers and | 5 |
The Scouting Rangers 17551756 | 18 |
Not Everybody Liked the Rangers 17571758 | 31 |
The Rangers the Battle on Snowshoes | 43 |
Abercromby Amherst and Britains Big Push North | 49 |
Robert Rogers Attack on St Francis 1759 | 59 |
Fighting Canada 1760 | 67 |
After the War 17601795 | 75 |
Robert Rogers Legacy | 86 |
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