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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by a letter he had received from the Lieut. Govr. of Jamaica, informing him of the arrival of two Transports, with 3 company's of Soldiers on board, from Carolina, but last from Antigua, under convoy of the Pendent, Rotherdam and Magieiene for St. Lucia and that Major Maxwell & the Masters of the Transports said that after having parted compnay, they saw under dominique a fleet of 36 sail, amongst which were several men of war that soon after they discovered 5 or 6 sail, seemingly in charg of the first, to one of the six sail, they made the private signal which being answered, they stood towards her, but as she in no long time after began to engage, they bore away for Jamaica, where they arrived the 24th. I presently Satisfied the Admiral about this fleet, and made it clear next to a certainty, that it must consist of two frigates from marseilles, with that part of the Trade they had not droped at Tobago, Grenada & St. Vincent, which I suppose would about to upwards of 30 sail for the other Islands; for this convoy had been seen going into Grenada not many days before; By having recourse to known facts & dates, and other circumstances, things which appear alarming at first, are easily reconciled to be unworthy of the smallest attention--I took this opportunity of observing to Admiral Pigot as follows--"May not Vandreuil with his ten ,,prime ships be cruizing to intercept the Jamaica Convoy, and ,, the Captured Line of battle Ships? The object was undoubtedly ,,very tempting: and may not Solano, have retreated to the [[catchword]] Havanna [[/catchword]]
