Letter from Rear-Adm. Sir Samuel Hood to General Jacob de Budé, describing the situations and movements of the French and British fleets in the West Indies, reporting that he has had to borrow food supplies from the Army on account of the Navy's supplier's ineptitude, and remarking on the poor condition of a number of British ships, largely caused by bad weather.
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a vessel cam in from St. Kitts, by which I was informed the Enemy’s Fleet had not appeared there on the 9th—Commodore Affleck in the Bedford arrived also on the 12th from New York, the Prudent sailed with him but parted company — on the 14th I received a letter from Governor Shirley by a dispatched vessel, dated St. Kitts the 10th. informing me, a very large fleet, of men of war & transports had that day been seen from the Hills of Nevis I immediately put to sea, and next morning the Russel luckily joined me, She was at St. Kitts, with the Whitby armed ship, when the account was received of the Enemy’s fleet, having been seen—Capt Stanhope put to sea that night, but has seen nothing of the Whitby since, in which are the stores for the Squadron very much wanted—The Russel and Storeship left Enligh harbour the [[underline]] first [[/underline]] time, on the 13th of last month, and returned with her [[catchword]] mainmast [[/catchword]]
