Queen's Rangers: John Simcoe and his Rangers During the Revolutionary War for America

John Simcoe

ISBN 10: 1846772559 / ISBN 13: 9781846772559

Published by Leonaur, 2007

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First edition. Fine, fresh copy in equally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. A study of the military career of Lieutenant Colonel (later Lieutenant General) John Simcoe and The Queen's rangers during the American War for Independence. Simcoe came to command the Queen's Rangers, Loyalist company that had been formed by Robert Rogers. Clad in green, expert shots, skilled in ambush and scouting, and eventually included a mounted contingent---the Huzzars. This work chronicles the campaigns the Queen's Rangers fought against the Continental Army, local militias, and old enemies the French and the Indians of the Eastern Woodlands.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Queen's Rangers: John Simcoe and his Rangers During the Revolutionary War for America
• Publisher: Leonaur
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1846772559
• ISBN 13: 9781846772559
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • American Revolution

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Synopsis

A commander's account of the campaigns of his famous regiment Robert Rogers and his Rangers are familiar to students of the early wars of America. During the French and Indian War, they won lasting renown originating an operational style that has endured to be an essential component of modern armies. Scant few years after the defeat of France in the New World another war would come. It would be a bitter conflict between Crown and colony, neighbour against neighbour, friend against former friend. As the emergent American nation began its painful birth, its people divided between those who fought for old allegiances and those who sought independence. Robert Rogers allied himself to the British cause. As a 'loyalist' he formed a new regiment--The Queen's Rangers. Commanded by John Simcoe, with whose name they would forever be associated, these rangers embodied the spirit of their forebears. They were light troops, clad in green, expert shots, skilled in scouting and ambush. Now there was even a mounted contingent--the Huzzars. This fascinating book chronicles the campaign Queen's Rangers against the new Continental Army, Militia and its old enemies the French and the fierce Indians of the Eastern Woodlands--every action described in detail by their leader.