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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.

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



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


THE NEW JERSEY PROVINCIAL REGIMENT
The Jersey Blues were raised in 1755, by the New Jersey provincial government. It was originally composed of five companies, and was sent to the northern frontier, to guard it against the French. They were known as the "Jersey Blues", partly from the blue coats of the regiment, and partly from the similarlity of the uniform to that New Jersey used in the war of Jenkin's Ear.
On April 4 1758, the General Assembly of New Jersey voted to increase the regiment to a strength of 1,000 officers and men, including 100 grenadiers.
** PLEASE NOTE THESE FIGURES WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR THE BATTLE OF FORT CARILLON, TICONDEROGA, 8th July 1758**

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RRBNJ-05
THE RAID ON ST. FRANCIS 1759,
THE NEW JERSEY PROVINCIAL REGIMENT,
2 Line Infantry Marching,
(2pcs)




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THE RAID ON ST. FRANCIS 1759,
THE NEW JERSEY PROVINCIAL REGIMENT,
2 Line Infantry Marching, Set#1
(4pcs)





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RRBNJ-06
THE RAID ON ST. FRANCIS 1759,
THE NEW JERSEY PROVINCIAL REGIMENT,
2 Line Infantry Marching,
(2pcs)


More to follow..........................
 
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RRBNJ-06N
THE RAID ON ST. FRANCIS 1759,
THE NEW JERSEY PROVINCIAL REGIMENT,
2 Line Infantry Marching, Set#2
(4pcs)







**PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL DEALER FOR FURTHER INFORMATION**
 
These all look nice. I wish we had the NCOs and officers for all of the other units. And skirmish figures would be nice. And maybe more rangers would be nice.

All of the provincial units are great, but are incomplete. We have a lot of the FIW ranges that still need to be completed.

Love the new sets. I will wait and see what else is coming.

Matthew
 
These all look nice. I wish we had the NCOs and officers for all of the other units. And skirmish figures would be nice. And maybe more rangers would be nice.

All of the provincial units are great, but are incomplete. We have a lot of the FIW ranges that still need to be completed.

Love the new sets. I will wait and see what else is coming.

Matthew

As usual, I agree with Matthew completely :salute::

I would really like to see what officer figures we're going to get for which Provincial units. Of course, all the new releases LOOK GREAT.

Bests,
Chris
 
These all look nice. I wish we had the NCOs and officers for all of the other units. And skirmish figures would be nice. And maybe more rangers would be nice.

All of the provincial units are great, but are incomplete. We have a lot of the FIW ranges that still need to be completed.

Love the new sets. I will wait and see what else is coming.

Matthew

the numbering for the 60th Rgt. goes from 1 to 15 (today's Line Skirmishing issue) and at the moment the sets released are 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14 and 15. That means that (except the n.13) there are six numbers still to allocate, may be Officers, flagbearers, drummers etc. As you say Matthew many ranges to complete in the future.
Carlo
 
Hi Carlo,

So true your statement. But all of these are new sets.

The Ranger sets go to 21, but we are missing sets 7 and 9 to 19 and they have been put for at least 4 years now, not new.

Don't get me wrong, I have collected John's figures since 2006 and truely enjoy the skill at what he does. For a one man show, he is turning out a lot of series. His best, and I say this as a die hard FIW collector, is his WW1 range of planes, tanks and men.

Love the new club sets and if he starts to do the Viking range for real, then I will collect that too.

Matthew
 

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