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heels, at the tie he was putting his Troops on Shore, and with five Ships more than he had on the 5th of Septr including the Warwick, Chatham, and Assurance. But as the present advanced Season has removed all further danger from the French fleet, from this coast, to the West India Islands; it is but reciprocal, and what in my humble opinion the King’s Service, most pressingly, and immediately requires, that every Line of Battle Ship you can possibly spare, should attend me to the Leeward Islands, during the Winter Months. With you assistance in the aid to the present force under my Command, I shall be put in a very respectable state, for acting offensively against the Enemy, but without it I must be upon the defensive only, and possibly shall not be able to prevent Mischief [[catchword]] I [[/catchword]]
