Publications of the Navy Records Society, Volume 75

action Admiral Barrington Admiral Geary Admiralty approbation arrived assured attack August boom Brest Cadiz Captain Channel coast combined fleets commander in chief conduct convoy Corr Count d'Estaing cruise d'Estaing Dear Sir-I defence detach dispatch endeavour enemy enemy's fleet England expedition favour fireships flag flatter force French frigates Gibraltar give guns harbour Hardy's honour hope immediately Jamaica joined June Kempenfelt King King's KING¹ Leeward Islands letter line of battle Lord Amherst Lord North Lord Sandwich Lord Stormont Lord-I Majesty Majesty's Martinique naval Navy necessary North America opinion orders Plymouth port Portsmouth present proper Queen's House ready Rear-Admiral received reinforcement Rodney's Royal sail seamen sent September 1779 ships signal Sir Charles Hardy Sir George Rodney Sir Henry Clinton Sir Peter Parker soon Spanish Spithead squadron St Helen's station Torbay troops utmost West Indies westward wind wish wrote