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French and Indian War: Robert Rogers and his Rangers surprise French held Fort Sainte Thérèse on the Richelieu River near Lake Champlain. The fort is raided and burned.
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Robert Rogers (British Army officer)
British Army officer and frontiersman (1731–1795)
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Rogers was a British Army officer and frontiersman. Born in Methuen, Province of Massachusetts Bay, he fought in King George's War, the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. During the French and Indian War, Rogers raised and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Rogers' Rangers
18th century British Army unit
Rogers' Rangers was a company of soldiers from the Province of New Hampshire raised by Major Robert Rogers and attached to the British Army during the French and Indian War. The unit was quickly adopted into the New England Colonies army as an independent ranger company. Rogers…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Fort Sainte Thérèse
17th century French fort in Quebec
Fort Sainte Thérèse is the name given to three different forts built successively on one site, among a series of fortifications constructed during the 17th century by France along the Richelieu River, in the province of Quebec, in Montérégie.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Richelieu River
River in Quebec, Canada; right tributary of the St. Lawrence
The Richelieu River is a river of Quebec, Canada, and a major right-bank tributary of the St. Lawrence River. It rises at Lake Champlain, from which it flows northward through Quebec and empties into the St. Lawrence. It was formerly known by the French as the Iroquois River and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Lake Champlain
Lake in New York, Vermont and Quebec
Lake Champlain is a large natural freshwater lake in North America. With a length of 107 mi (172 km) and surface area over 500 sq mi (1,295 km2), it lies mostly between the U.S. states of New York and Vermont, but also extends north into the Canadian province of Quebec.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Sainte-Thérèse raid
Military raid in 1760
The Sainte-Thérèse raid was a military raid on the town of Sainte-Thérèse in French Canada conducted by British elite forces known as Rogers' Rangers that took place during the French and Indian War from 3 to 18 June 1760. Led by Robert Rogers the raid was a pre-emptive strike…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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