Letter from Rear-Adm. Sir Samuel Hood to General Jacob de Budé debating what actions the various enemy commanders may take and describing what action he thinks the British fleet should take to counteract the various possible threats, expressing disapproval at Lord Rodney's commandeering of several ships 'to protect his own person', agreeing with comments by French commanders that the British do not know how to make use of its victory in April, and reporting that he had calmed Adm. Pigot's fears about troops and ships which had arrived from Carolina, and offered him advice. Also, near duplicate of part of letter dated 8 April [but undated itself: 0711a].
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New york, to compleat the water, and Provisions of his fleet, as far as the Kings magazines will allow. But it is unlikely, that Vandreuil, as well as Solano, may have an Eye, upon the Jamaica Convoy, and the Captured Line of battle Ships? for by the instructions to the Captains of the American Privateers (the Schuylkill taken, and Le Compte De Grasse destroyed) from a James Scagrove at the Havanna, the people there well knew the Convoy was to sail from Jamaica, between the middle and latter end of the last month, and the said privateers were to look out for, and endeavour to fall into the rear of, it, to pick up straglers, or such as may be following to overtake the Convoy. His Majesty's Squadron now consists of twenty four Ships of the Line, the Jupiter, and four frigates; I would direct a flag officer, with ten or eleven sail, the fifty gun ship, & two frigates, to push on towards Bermuda and cruise forty or fifty Leagues to the South East of that Island, for 16 or 18 days, and then repair to New york [[catchword]] and [[/catchword]]
