Letter from Rear-Adm. Sir Samuel Hood to General Jacob de Budé reporting on the arrival of French armaments in Fort Royal Bay, Martinique, describing his attempts to persuade Sir George Rodney to take action to prevent this and enclosing copies of papers exchanged on the matter [presumably 0676-0677], and outlining the strength of the enemy force.
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bare possibility of its making Deseada, why not guard against that possibility, when your force will allow you to do it? for allow the Enemy to come here fourteen sail of the Line strong, you can have two Squadrons of 18 sail of the Line, which will be ship for ship, and admit of four sail to play upon tho Transports & storeships, which appears to me, of great importance. The Feby. Pacquet arrived here the 7th. which left Falmouth the 10th. and two days after took a Brig from Bourdeaux bound to Martinique the prisoners of which said the armament was then about to sail from Brest--and as a dane was arrived here. which left spithead on the 10th also I took the liberty of suggesting to Sir George, whether the french Convoy might not be daily expected, his answer was, oh no, he was sure it would not sail till march; I admitted the probability of it, but thought it very possible to happen otherwise; and as the [[catchword]] greatest [[/catchword]]
