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unusual facts about Danks' Rangers


Benoni Danks

In 1756 his company, men raised mainly in New England, was expanded and became an independent ranger unit in the British Army—often referred to as Danks' Rangers.


Adams' Rangers

Led by Dr. Samuel Adams of Arlington the unit's most significant contribution in the conflict was serving as part of the ill-fated Burgoyne Expedition of 1777.

Either late in the Burgoyne campaign or early 1778, Adams' Company absorbed a body of men that served in the Bateaux service under Jeptha Hawley of Arlington.

Benoni Danks

The unit suffered heavy casualties in the skirmishing around the edges of the siege, and for a time, after Danks was seriously wounded, were incorporated into the ranger company of Captain Moses Hazen.

Come On, Rangers

Come On, Rangers is a 1938 American film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers.

George E. Royce

His great grandfather Adonijah Rice, was a member of Rogers' Rangers during the French and Indian War, and his great, great grandfather Jonas Rice was the original European settler of Worcester, Massachusetts.

John Danks

Danks proposed to girlfriend, singer-songwriter Ashley Monroe of the Pistol Annies, on September 14, 2012 after Monroe finished the Annies' first show of their headlining tour.

Kinematic320

Kinematic320 is a record label that was formed in 2004 by drum & bass artists Static (Aaron Danks) and Rregula (Ross Deschamp).

Lautaro Baeza

Lautaro Manuel Baeza (born February 17, 1990 in Merlo (Buenos Aires), Argentina) is an Argentine naturalized Chilean footballer who playing for Rangers of the Primera División in Chile.

Owen Park, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Though the Osage were to vacate their land in Oklahoma, they were still present in 1832 when U.S. Rangers arrived with civilian observers.

Pablo Vegetti

Pablo Ezequiel Vegetti Pfaffen (born October 15, 1988 in Santo Domingo (Santa Fe), Argentina) is an Argentine footballer who playing for Rangers of the Primera División in Chile.

Saint-François-du-Lac, Quebec

The village and buildings were burned in an attack by Rogers' Rangers, an irregular British provincial force, during the Seven Years War (also known as the French and Indian War) on October 4, 1759.

Simeon Thayer

Soon after, he joined Colonel Fry's Massachusetts regiment and served in Rogers' Rangers during three separate clashes with French-allied Indians.

Simeon Thayer (April 30, 1737 – October 14, 1800) fought in Rogers' Rangers during the French and Indian War and made a harrowing escape from French-allied Indians.


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