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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,,Havanna, on the same Errands for it he had not some immediate ,,object in view, he would not be laying at this Season of the ,,year, with all his Ships, in that perfect readiness for Sea ,,That I had been thinking a good deal of the Enemy's probable ,,designs, and what was most likely to check them; and that if ,,he had a wish to know my thoughts, they were very much at ,,his Service, and that I Should be extremely happy, if they could ,,could be useful to him. Admiral Pigot immediately sent me word he would cal upon me, and on his coming on board I gave him the substance of what I have suggested to you with my name to it. Major General Bude. St. James's London he expressed himself much obliged, but what the effect will be time alone can shew [[underline]] August 13th. [[/underline]] yesterday the small frigates, assisted by the Boats of the Fleet, it being almost calm, chaced a Ship and two Brigs into a small creek, a few leagues to the Eastward of the Havanna, where they found two other vessels; the three [[catchword]] former [[/catchword]]
