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PS. In further support of my reasoning for the Fleet’s being divided—I observed there could be no objection from the Count De Grasse, for should he venture to come out, in whatever force he may, & go to the northward of Martinique — The Squadron off Descada, could find no difficulty in making a junction with the Southern one, and if he should go out to the Southward of Martinique, the Squadron off Point Salines, could as easily make a junction with the Northern one; so that nothing of danger could be apprehended, from the Enemy at Fort Royal, from a division of the Fleet [[unclear]]
