WTF
Good to hear from you man! Yes, I received both of yours, as well as a hundred or so others and I am catching up...thanks for your patience...I will get to them tonight!! I promise...BTW...I was in NYC today with Aubrey from South Africa and tried to contact you at work to meet up, but was unsuccessful...more about that off line.
Yes, during the French and Indian War, Rogers' Rangers fought side by side with the British, AND...Maj. Robert Rogers was subsequently denied enrollment in the Colonial Army by George Washington himself during the buildup to the fight for Independence, for being too closely associated to the British in his view.
The important things however, to remember about Maj. Robert Rogers and Rogers' Rangers are:
1) He was the first Frontiersman to organize the hardest hitting group of military men utilizing "Ranging" tactics
2) His written contributions of "Common Sense Rules and Standing Orders", which really represented the first American military manuals of their time.
3) His unorthodox approaches in tactics, which had altogether demonstrated far greater efficacy in fighting than so called "tried and true" British methods
For these reasons, material about Maj. Robert Rogers and Rogers' Rangers is included on the Ranger Training Brigade website, as well as hundreds of other military oriented resources. Rangers, while not commanded by Rogers at the time, were by all means included in the arsenal of men during the fight for Independence.
In fact, Rogers' right hand man, John Stark, an original member of Rogers' Rangers, went on to be an esteemed General during the Revolution...commanding Rangers and employing Ranger tactics.
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Andy Prisco,
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American Tomahawk Company
877-557-5200
http://www.americantomahawk.com
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