Robert Rogers King’s American Rangers On May 1, 1779, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Rogers, storied commander of Rogers’Rangers in the French and Indian War, was commissioned by General Sir Henry Clinton to raise two battalions of Rangers. The 1st battalion had 133 men. The 2nd battalion, numbering 193 men, was raised by Rogers’ brother James. Initially recruited in Nova Scotia, the battalion was garrisoned for a time at Fort St. John’s on the Richelieu River (now Saint Jean, Quebec).
Painted the Redemptor mainly as a test model for the repulsor, but i was very happy with the result ;)
Memorials spread around the Northern Irish city photographed by David Levene for the Guardian
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Europe had two divisions of colonies-"tropical dependencies" and colonies. The colonies had divisions too. The "white dominion" like Canada and Australia, who's inhabitants were European and European decedents. Then, there were the "contested settler colonies" where a small number of Europeans were living amongst a large population of indigenous people, like South Africa, Algeria, New Zealand, Kenya, and Hawaii.
For last week’s Rate the Dress I presented an extremely sweet and feminine late 1870s frock, as painted by Jules James Rougeron. Some of you were uncomfortable with the way the paintings subject was presented as a purely ornamental object to be admired and inspected, rather than as a person, and some of you were uncomfortable with how long the skirts were, and the effort it would take to drag them around, but mostly you really quite loved it. Not entirely though – there was something a bit off, like a dessert that is just sugar, with no flavour to balance the sweet, which, like the weight of the hem, dragged the dresses rating down to a nice but not amazing 8.4 out of 10. This ensemble from the FIDM is just as fashionable for its period as last week’s frock, but quite different in mood. The colour scheme has changed from sweet pastels to bold red and black. The bustle has reduced, but the sleeves have ballooned into the extreme gigot shape seen in …
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