Letter from Rear-Adm. Sir Samuel Hood to General Jacob de Budé sending congratulations on the surrender of the islands of St Eustatius, St Martin and Saba, enclosing an agreement drawn up between Army and Navy commanders concerning the islands (0614), and giving an account of his and the Navy's successful activities in the area, including the capture of rich Dutch convoys.
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6 not then perfectly collected, [[addition]] ^ R: A.e [[/addition]] Admiral Drake being off St. Piers Martinique — on the 2d of Feby I took a Dutch Sloop, which left this Island the night before, from the people which I gott an exact state of the situation of the place with an account, that a Dutch 50 Gun ship having a flag on board & 24 sail of rich loaden Merchant Ships had sailed for Europe at the same time — I immediately dispatch’d the Sybil with this information to Sir George Rodney as I knew within a few leagues where he must be — just at Sun sett a large ship appeared in sight, and made the signal fro all Cruizers which I concluded must mean my Squadron I immediately bore up, and joined the Admiral [[catchword]] at [[/catchword]]
