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Martinique — all this in my humble opinion makes it highly necessary for Sir George to keep his whole force together (after giving a substantial convoy, to the 14th Regiment, Storeships, Victuallers & Trade, destined for Jamaica, and I think the sooner they are gone the better) in order to push after De Grasse the moment he starts — Sir George Rodneys force in the whole, who the Magnificent & Agamemnon are come, including the North America ships; is thirty nine sail of the Line, but two, the Shrewsbury & Intrepid cannot be put in the Line, nor is it indeed safe to send either to sea, except with Jury masts, for a passage to England; Both have been very much cut up in battle, and their pumps never stand still in harbour. Though I am writing a short, but most faithfull narrative of what is doing here, I know not when an opportunity may offer of ending my [[catchword]] letter [[/catchword]]
