Editing Rogers' Rangers (section)

{{short description|18th century British Army unit}}
{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name         = Rogers' Rangers
|image             = Rogers Rangers U.S. Army Center of Military History.jpg
|image_size        = 300px
|caption           = ''To Range the Woods, New York, 1760'', Spc. 4 Manuel B. Ablaza
|country           = {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
|allegiance        = {{army|Kingdom of Great Britain}} (1775-1796)<br>[[New England Colonies]] (1755–1775)
|type              = [[Special operations]] [[Auxiliaries]]
|branch            = British provincial unit
|dates             = 1755–1796
|specialization    = [[Special operations]] <br> [[Maneuver warfare]] <br> [[Guerrilla warfare]] <br> [[Skirmisher|Skirmishing]]
|size              = Nine companies (in the regiment)
|garrison          = [[Fort William Henry]] (1755–1757) <br> [[Rogers Island (New York)|Rogers Island]] (1757–1763)
[[Fort Detroit]] (1763-1796) 

|battles           =
'''[[French and Indian War]]'''
* [[Battle on Snowshoes (1757)]]
* [[Siege of Fort William Henry]] (1757)
* [[Battle on Snowshoes (1758)]]
* [[Siege of Louisbourg (1758)]]
* [[Battle of Carillon]] (1758)
* [[Ile Saint-Jean Campaign]] (1758)
* [[Petitcodiac River Campaign]] (1758)
* [[Cape Sable Campaign]] (1758)
* [[St. John River Campaign]] (1759)
* [[Battle of Ticonderoga (1759)]]
* [[St. Francis Raid]] (1759)
* [[Sainte-Thérèse Raid]] (1760)
* [[Montreal Campaign]] (1760)
'''[[Pontiac's War]]''' (1763–1766)
* [[Devil's Hole Massacre]] (1763)
|notable_commanders = Lieutenant Colonel [[Robert Rogers (soldier)|Robert Rogers]] <br> Lieutenant Colonel [[James Rogers (soldier)|James Rogers]] <br> Captain [[William Stark (loyalist)|William Stark]] <br> Lieutenant [[John Stark]]
}}

'''Rogers' Rangers''' was a [[Company (military unit)|company]] of soldiers from the [[Province of New Hampshire]] raised by Major [[Robert Rogers (British Army officer)|Robert Rogers]] and attached to the [[British Army]] during the [[Seven Years' War]] ([[French and Indian War]]). The unit was quickly adopted into the [[New England Colonies]] army as an independent ranger company. Rogers was inspired by colonial [[Frontiersman]] Ranger groups across North America and the teachings of unconventional warfare from Rangers such as [[Benjamin Church (ranger)|Benjamin Church]].
Robert Rogers trained and commanded his own rapidly deployable [[light infantry]] force, which was tasked mainly with [[reconnaissance]] as well as conducting [[special operations]] against [[Long-range reconnaissance patrol|distant targets]]. Their tactics were built on earlier Colonial precedents and were codified for the first time by Rogers as his [[Robert Rogers' 28 "Rules of Ranging"|28 "Rules of Ranging"]]. The tactics proved remarkably effective, so much so that the initial company was expanded into a ranging [[corps]] of more than a dozen companies (containing as many as 1,200–1,400 men at its peak). The ranger corps became the chief scouting arm of British [[Crown forces]] by the late 1750s. The British forces in America valued Rogers' Rangers for their ability to gather [[intelligence (information gathering)|intelligence]] about the enemy. They were disbanded in 1761. {{clarify|It says here disbanded in 1761, which conflicts with our section about their participation in Pontiac's war|date=June 2024}}

Later, the company was revived as a [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalist]] force during the [[American Revolutionary War]]. Nonetheless, a number of former ranger officers fought for the [[Continental Army]] as [[Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriot]] commanders with some participating as [[Militia (United States)|militiamen]] at the [[Battles of Lexington and Concord|Battle of Concord Bridge]].<ref name=ArmyRangers />

The [[Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment)]] of the [[Canadian Army]], formed by Rogers and Loyalist veterans of Rogers' Rangers, claims descent from Rogers' Rangers.