Letter from Rear-Adm. Sir Samuel Hood to General Jacob de Budé reporting on British ships' movements in the Caribbean in connection with possibly false news of a French fleet at Martinique.

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and gone between Mountserrat & Guadaloupe in the night to avoid being seen, the ships bound to the latter Island, would not have [[underline]] passed by it [[/underline]], to [[underline]] return back [[underline]] the next day, for the person who carried the account to Sir George, says, [[underline]] it [[/underline]] was brought [[underline]] from [[/underline]] Martinique [[underline]] to [[/underline]] Guadaloupe, by one of the Convoy; This made it clear to me, the Fleet did not go that way, and that it went to the Southward round Point Salines (the South end of Martinique) was still more unlikely to me; for I sent away the Prince William on the 27th of last [[addition]] ^ month [[/addition]] to [[unclear]] Port Royal, and on the 28th at noon, (the [[underline]] very day [[/underline]] the [[underline]] Fleet [[/underline]] is [[underline]] reported [[/underline]] to have [[underline]] arrived [[/underline]]) Captn. Douglas was within four or [[catchword]] five [[/catchword]]


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