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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private note from Sir George--to which I replied, that I rejoiced most exceedingly, he had been pleased to extend his ships to the northward, for that Commander of the french Squadron, must be a mad man, to think of coming in sight of St. Lucia, knowing as he must the force of the English squadron, which would naturally be upon the look out--but at 8 am on the 22 not more than thirty hours after, he sent me the letter number 2, which I trouble you with to shew the unsteadiness of the man, and as a further proof of if he did not send Commodore Affleck & the two sixty fours, to the northward, untill the 26th. nor do I believe that a single frigate was stationed off deseada for the first intelligence we had of the arrival of the French Armament at Fort Royal on the 20th, was by an English officer who came from Martinique in a cartel, and gott to Sir George on the 28th. we may from [[underline]] luck [[/underline]] (of which we have not hitherto had a common [[catchword]] share [[/catchword]]
