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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7 at 10 oclock when I received orders to proceed off this place at Day light with eight sail of the Line, to prevent the departure of any ship or vessel, which I put in execution and stretched in a Line at about half a mile asunder along the Road, and stood so far to the Southward, as to Allow [[addition]] ^ me when I tacked [[/addition]] to meet the Admiral (who was then in sight) in the center of the Bay, with the ships under my Command in such a situation as to allow Sir George Rodney to place them agreeable to his wishes at noon the Fleet Anchored, and upon the return of the Summons to Surrender t he Troops were landed — Sir George Rodney [[catchword]] then [[/catchword]]
