Letter from Rear-Adm. Sir Samuel Hood to General Jacob de Budé concerning his action against a larger French fleet on 29 and 30 April, and Sir George Rodney's conduct afterwards, commenting 'there is no truth in the man' [Rodney], and suggesting that Rodney should have engaged the smaller enemy fleet at Tobago before the larger French fleet had appeared.

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Barfleur Carlisle Bay Barbadoes June 26th. 1781 My dear Sir I have been a long while in anxious expectation of some vessel going to long Island, by which I should be able to give my friends an account of my skirmish with the French Fleet under Count De Grasse, for as yet, I have not had it in my power to send a single line, The many instances of your friendship & esteem I have been honored with lead me to flatter myself that you will forgive my vanity in sending you an extract from a letter, I lately received from St Lucia--Indeed my deer Sir, I am not a little proud of my conduct on the 29th. & 30th. of last April, whatever may be thought of it [[catchword]] in [[/catchword]]


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