Copy of a letter from Rear-Adm. Sir Samuel Hood to Sir George B. Rodney [enclosure, presumably of 0619] providing a very detailed account of an encounter with and action against an enemy fleet and convoy, including reports of damage suffered by various British ships and some British casualties.
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being the opinion of the Officers of the Squadron acquainted with this Country that it was the only way of getting to Windward, as the Currents run very strong to Leeward to the Southward of St. Vincents. I am very much concerned to acquaint you that Captain Holt of His Majesty's Ship Centaur and her First Lieutenant were killed in the Action, I put Captain Smith of the Paccahunta to command the Centaur, Lieutenant John Davall Burr, to command the Paccahunta, and Mr. George Bourn to be Lieutenant of the Centaur. My present intentions are to send the disabled Ships to St: Eustatius and to proceed with those in good Condition to St. Lucia, if the French should not have made an Attack upon it and succeeded, if they have I shall then go to Carlisle Bay Barbadoes. I send the [[symbol]] Honble Captain Finch with this Letter, with Orders if he should not find you at St Ustatius to proceed to Windward of the Islands to Barbadoes, and to put the Captains of such of His Majestys' Frigates as are Cruizing which may fall in his Way upon their Guard. And if you should see fit, to stop me from proceeding to Windward, Captain Finch will be able to form a pretty clear [[symbol]] judjment, where I may be met with from the Winds he may have. I think it very much my duty to say that [[catchword]] the [[/catchword]]
