2/2 Arrival of Sir Samuel Hood with reinforcements 160 Rodney receives Orders to seize Dutch Possessions in Caribbean 160 Capture of St.Eustatius, St.Martin, and Saba 161 The large Booty and Defenceless state of St.Eustatius 161 Effect of these Conditions upon Rodney 161 Hood detached to cruise before Martinique 162 De Grasse arrives there with Twenty Ships-of-the-Line 163 Indecisive Action between de Grasse and Hood 164 Criticism of the two Commanders 166 Junction of Rodney and Hood 166 De Grasse attempts Santa Lucia, and Fails 167 He captures Tobago 168 He decides to take his Meet to the American Continent 168. |