In offensive operations , they were scouts and guides , locating villages and other targets for taskforces drawn from the militia or other colonial troops .
Rangers were full - time soldiers employed by colonial governments to patrol between fixed frontier fortifications in reconnaissance providing early warning of raids .
In offensive operations , Rangers were scouts and guides , locating villages and other targets for taskforces drawn from the militia or other colonial troops .
Rangers were full - time soldiers employed by colonial governments to patrol between fixed frontier fortifications in reconnaissance providing early warning of raids .