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Daily National Intelligencer
Washington, District Of Columbia
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From Prattsburg, reports that General Wilkinson is deploying strong military detachments to end traitorous American communications with Canadian enemies. Colonel Clark marched on March 8 with 1,100 Green Mountain Boys to secure the eastern frontier to Connecticut River; Major Forsythe led 360 men on March 10 to guard the western lines. Orders include arresting British subjects in the US and Americans in Canada for trial.
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It is with pleasure we inform our readers, that General Wilkinson seems determined to destroy the traitorous intercourse kept up, by men who call themselves Americans, with our enemies in Canada; Small detachments have been tried without effect, and now strong ones are put in motion—Colonel Clark, marched the 8th instant, with Maj. Bayley, and a detachment of one thousand infantry and one hundred mounted riflemen, all Green Mountain Boys, to take possession of the frontier, from the lake east to Connecticut river; and on the 10th inst. another detachment of 300 prime riflemen and sixty dragoons, marched under Major Forsythe, whose name carries terror to the enemy, to guard the lines west of the Lake.
We understand the orders of those officers are to make prisoner every British subject detected within the limits of the United States, and to apprehend and deliver to the civil authority, for trial and punishment, every American citizen found in Canada.
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Us Canada Frontier Near Lake Champlain And Connecticut River
Event Date
8th And 10th Instant (Reported March 12)
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detachments deployed to secure frontier; orders to arrest british subjects in us and american citizens in canada for trial and punishment
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General Wilkinson deploys strong detachments after smaller ones failed: Colonel Clark with Maj. Bayley and 1,000 infantry plus 100 mounted riflemen (Green Mountain Boys) marched March 8 to possess frontier from lake east to Connecticut River; Major Forsythe with 300 riflemen and 60 dragoons marched March 10 to guard lines west of the Lake. Orders to capture British subjects in US limits and apprehend Americans in Canada for civil trial.