Letter from Rear-Adm. Sir Samuel Hood to General Jacob de Budé, describing British attempts to reach the garrison on Brimstone Hill [on St Kitts] and its eventual surrender to the French, reporting his squadron's subsequent departure from the area to join the fleet at Barbados, on their lack of bread, on the strength of the French fleet and their movements, and commenting what could have been achieved against the French if Rear-Admiral Kempenfelt had come to the West Indies.
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was I believe a man in command in more trying situations, than I have been, but trust I have not disgraced His Majesty’s Flag in either and it is in points of difficulty [[underline]] only, [[/underline]] an officer can shew what he is made of, and is equal to. I have had many high Compliments paid me from all quarters. Which gives vigour to my mind, and enables me the better to bear my bodily fatigues. What a Glorious turn would have been given to His Majesty’s Affairs in this Country, had Rear Admiral Kemperfelt been directed in case of falling in with the French Armament and finding its destination, to have proceeded on to the West Indies! had it so been, and the [[catchword]] Admiral [[/catchword]]
