page_title: Robert Rogers (British Army officer)
section_title: Montreal Campaign
hierarchical_section_title: Robert Rogers (British Army officer) / French and Indian War / Montreal Campaign
caption_attribution_description: An Image of Robert Monkton.
context_page_description: Robert Rogers was an American colonial frontiersman. Rogers served in the British army during both the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. During the French and Indian War, Rogers raised and commanded the famous Rogers' Rangers, trained for raiding and close combat behind enemy lines.
context_section_description: Quebec fell in 1759 and in the Spring of 1760 Rogers joined in Amherst's campaign on Montreal but before doing so conducted a successful preemptive raid on Fort Sainte Thérèse in June which was used to supply the French army as well as being a vital link in the communication and supply line between Fort Saint-Jean and the French forces at Île aux Noix. 
  Roger's was then part of William Haviland's thrust (one of three all led by Amherst) on Montreal in August where it marched from Lake Ontario in the west along the Saint Lawrence River and from upper New York via the Richelieu River. Along the way Rogers fought to reduce Île aux Noix which succeeded in a ruse attack. Soon after Fort Saint Jean was burned by the French; and Chambly was seized. The Rangers then led the final advance on Montreal which surrendered without a fight the following month.
caption: Robert Monckton was Rogers' superior officer during the western campaign
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