18th century, British-French Colonial War in North America. Major Robert Rogers' Troop (Roger's Rangers) for Wilderness Warfare was formed in 1757 from battle-hardened American hunters and frontiersmen with 4 officers and 60 men as "His Majesty's Independent Companies of American Rangers" and soon grew to battalion strength. Complete depiction with fighting Rangers (including leader, bugler and flag bearer) and Indians. Various groups and combination figures.
The Rangers also had an Indian company under their own "officers" and a "cadet company" in which officers of the regular British army were trained in the special warfare of "forest fighting". The constant small-scale warfare against the French was not interrupted even in the depths of winter (the typical Indian snowshoes were part of the equipment). The Rangers performed scouting duties, raided French settlements and villages of hostile Indians, observed and disturbed the construction of the new French fort Carillon (Ticonderoga), and engaged in a series of extremely fierce battles with the enemy. In the bloodiest of their engagements, the "Battle of the Snowshoes", (winter 1758) 146 men of the small elite force fell. The clothing and armament incorporated Indian elements that had proved practical for life in the forest. The Rangers wore the fringed American hunting shirt (though uniformly green), trousers of the same colour, various caps and caps, moccasins, belts with hunting knife and tomahawk, hunting bag and powder horn. The weapon was generally the long-barreled rifled hunting rifle, the accurate "long rifle". The smoothbore army rifle was also part of the troops' armament. - Wikipedia -
Series list for 100/130 No. 100-R 13 (2x) Ranger, wounded No. 100-R 4 (1x) Ranger No. 100-R 12 (2x) Ranger, dead, on back No. 100-R 3 (1x) Ranger No. 100-R 11 (2x) Ranger No. 100-S 3 (1x) Scout, rifle over No. 100-R 2 (1x) Ranger flag bearer No. 100-R 10 (2x) Ranger, rifle left No. 100-S 1 (1x) Ranger leader Johnson No. 100-R 18 (1x) Horn player, not playing, with 2 bloodhounds No. 100-R 1 (3x) Ranger captain No. 100-R 9 (2x) Ranger, firing, crouching No. 100-R 17 (1x) Ranger (2) leading wounded No. 100-P 1 (1x) Scout with dog, shooting No. 100-R 8 (2x) Ranger, rifle over shoulder No. 100-R 16 (1x) Ranger, wounded No. 100-I 2 a (1x) Iroquois leading captured boy No. 100-R 7 (2x) Ranger, loading No. 100-R 15 (1x) Dog, panting No. 100-I 1 a (3x) Iroquois, attacking No. 100-R 6 (2x) Ranger, shooting No. 100-R 14 (1x) Ranger bugler, signaling No. 100-R 5 (2x) Ranger lieutenant, pointing
Group
Flat Figure(s)
Condition
unpainted
Scale
Size 30 mm
Material
Pewter-Alloy 55%Sn 39%Pb 6%Sb
Number of parts
36
Time
ab 1757
Nationality/Location
England
State
New
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