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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the private signal, as early as it could be seen, and when answered to make [[underline]] other signals [[/underline]] I had given him, [[underline]] if [[/underline]] the Fleet [[underline]] was [[/underline]] arrived, which would carry me down immediately, but if the Fleet was [[underline]] not [[/underline]] arrived he was to continue carrying all the sail he could up to me. At 2PM next day Several sails were seen close in with St. Lucia from the Masthead of the Barfleur, upon which I made the Cyclops' signal to go ahead, keeping a watchfull Eye upon the Thetis, and carefully to repeat, such signals as she should make, and when this Frigate had gott about 3 miles from me, she made the signal [[catchword]] for [[/catchword]]