In the autumn of 1757, at the Rangers' camp on an island in the Hudson beside Fort Edward, Captain Robert Rogers wrote down the methods his companies had worked out in two years of scouting toward Lake George and Lake Champlain. The Rules of Ranging were meant for British regular volunteers sent to learn the work. They told men to march in single file, spaced so that one shot could not hit two of them. They were never to come home by the route they went out on, and they were to post sentries in pairs at night. Rogers was just as specific about fighting: a party should advance or fall back by turns, one half firing while the other moved, so it was never caught with every musket empty.

This ranger leans into his shot with his left leg braced forward and his cheek tight to the stock. He wears a blue bonnet, a short green jacket and green leggings tied below the knee with red garters, with moccasins on his feet. A black cartridge pouch rides at his belt, a haversack is slung behind him, and a hatchet hangs at his side. Pair him with Rogers' Rangers Private and "First Shot" Rogers' Rangers for a scouting party caught in a running fight along the Lake George shore. Facing them, place Compagnies Franches de la Marine Standing Firing.

W. Britain model 16213. 1/30 scale (approximately 60mm), matte-painted metal. Single foot figure on a sculpted groundwork base. Boxed.