Letter from Rear-Adm. Sir Samuel Hood to General Jacob de Budé reporting on the state of the British fleet, the movements and likely intentions of the French and Spanish in the West Indies, and his fears that the French may intend to send ships and troops to America; and partial duplicate [0672a], which is dated 9 March and has some text missing.
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have lost most of their Boats, and after all obliged to go to my watering place, the Cue de Sac, I went there with my division on the 2nd and returned here on the 6th. quite compleat. Thirty one sail of the Line are in Fort Royal Bay, in a refitting state most of them & three of four appear in a disastrous one, what is become of the other five I cannot say, probably they are gone to the Cape; and I think it not unlikely (which I have taken the liberty most humbly to suggest to Sir George) the Enemys ships will steal away two and three at a time to Leeward—they will however be daily watched—The Spanish armament from Cadiz are certainly gone past—It sailed under the Protection of 36 sail of the Line on the 2d, 3d, & 4th. of Jany. The Transports contain 4000 Troops, and were to be convoyed by the four following ships of the Line. St. Philip St. Domingo, St. Peter, & the Gloriosa —Gnarieo is the Rendezvous, when they are to be mett, by Solano, with nine sail of the Line & 5000 Troops — and Count De Grasse [[catchword]] is [[/catchword]]
