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Barfleur at Sea 22d April 1782 Sir In Obedience to Your Commands, expressed in the Letter You did me the honor to write me on the 17th to make sail with my Squadron and submitting it to my judgement, whether to stop upon my getting hull down from Your fleet, and go on at that distance, ‘till we got off Altavala, which is midway of the Island of St Domingo, on the South Side, or to push on ‘till I reached the length of Altavala, and there wait your coming I immediately made all the sail I could, and judging the only chance I had of intercepting any Straglers of the [[underline]] flying [[/underline]] Enemy, was to be off the Mona passage, as soon as possible, I carried steering sails, below and aloft, Night and Day, and on the 19th at daylight made the West end of the Island of Porto Rico, soon after which the Alecto Fire Ship which was some distance a head made the signal for a fleet in the North West. I immediately threw out the signal for a General Chace, and at sun rise give sail were seen from the Mast head of the Barfleur, About five hours after we [[catchword]] got [[/catchword]] Sir George Brydges Rodney Bart [[unclear]] B. &ca. &ca. &ca.
