New Releases For December 2015 -- The Eighteenth Century (1 Viewer)

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THE RAID ON ST. FRANCIS 1959



The 60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot, better known under its later name, The King's Royal Rifle Corps, has long been associated with Canada. After Braddock's defeat by the French and Indians in 1755, authority was granted to raise a regiment of four battalions to be recruited in Germany and from German colonists in North America. The regiment was named the 62nd, or Royal American, Regiment of Foot; but it was re-designated the 60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot in February 1757. Recruiting for the Royal Americans in North America was disappointing, and more than half its strength was drafted from men rejected by British regiments in Ireland. From this unlikely collection of foreigners and cast-offs was fashioned one of the most renowned corps of the British Army.




RRB60-14
THE RAID ON ST. FRANCIS 1759,
60th (ROYAL AMERICAN), REGIMENT OF FOOT,
2 Line Infantry Skirmishing,
(2pcs)




RRB60-14N
THE RAID ON ST. FRANCIS 1759,
60th (ROYAL AMERICAN), REGIMENT OF FOOT,
4 Line Infantry Skirmishing, Set #1,
(4pcs)



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[Cluck Amok]

All right, looks like just one more 60th release and we'll be "looking" for Grenadiers, Colors and officers!

Bests,
Chris

 

[45thdiv]

Say, it the first picture you can see the reverse of this set, standing guy loading and kneeling guy firing. That's cool.

Yes, some NCOs and such like Chris mentioned would be good.

I'm going to sell a kidney to pay for these.

Matthew

 

[Fraxinus]

Officers and a Corporal. I would like to see at least 2 officers - Major/Captain and younger subaltern (Lieutenant/Ensign). If you read the orderly books from Braddock's expedition, you can see patterns of command and use.

For a Corporal, 6-8 men is typical.
For a Sergeant, often around 12.
Lieutenant and Ensigns, rarely less than 20.
Ensigns rarely over low 20's.
A Captain, rarely less than 40 rank & file.

Below is a link to the Brigade's orderly book - the last few pages are the most fun, but it ends a few days before the battle. Others books were kept at the regimental level. The 44th's orderly book was on-line, but the link is dead, but it was published (Hamilton, University of Oklahoma) and you can find used copies on Amazon. I do not think the 48th's books survived.

http://archive.org/stream/docksorderlybook00bradrich#page/n3/mode/2up

Hamiton's Volume Below: Massively fun read, 2 Daily Journals and the 44ths Orderly Book. The spellings are per the original authors and not corrected, one of which is an officer's servant, so in many places you have to sound out the spelling to figure out the intended language.

http://www.amazon.com/Braddocks-Def...=1449249208&sr=1-2&keywords=hamilton+braddock