Whitehall 29th July 1778
(Copy) Secret My Lords,
In addition to my Letter to your Lordships of the 25th Inst.1 I am commanded by The King to signify to your Lordships His Majesty’s Pleasure that you do Instruct the Commander of His Majesty’s Ships in the Leeward Islands, to Co-operate with, and give all the Assistance in his power to the Commander of His Majesty’s Troops there, in carrying into Execution any Attempts which they shall concur in Opinion are proper to be made upon the French Possessions in the West Indies, in consequence of the Discretionary Orders contained in my letter of this day to Major General Grant, Extract of which I have the honor to inclose herewith for your Lordships’ Information.2 I am &c.
Geo: Germain
Copy. UkLPR, S.P. 42/66, fol. 81. Addressed at the foot, “Lords of the Admiralty.”
1. Germain to Lords Commissioners, 25 July, above.
2. In the referenced letter, Germain gave Maj. Gen. James Grant, whom Gen. Sir Henry Clinton had put in charge of an expedition against St. Lucia, discretion to target additional French West Indian islands, informing him, at the same time, that he would receive no reinforcement. Davies, Documents of the American Revolution 13: 329.
