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I am sending you, Sir, the general instructions relative to your campaign and the particular instructions which will determine your line of conduct in the various circumstances which might occur while you are cruising off the Windward Islands and with regard to the orders you will give to the ships and frigates that you will detach from your Squadron and direct to cruise off St. Domingo. His...
Date: 5 November 1776
Volume: Volume 7
. . . H.M. recommends very expressly to them [captains in the Admiral's Fleet], in case they are in a position to grant the protection of his Ensign to some Insurgent Vessel, to conduct themselves so as not to appear at all favorable to the Insurgents, and to limit themselves to preventing lack of respect due the King's Ensign, whenever these vessels which must not be led by the frigates have...
Date: 30 December 1776
Volume: Volume 7
Monsieur le Cte Duchaffault, I am sending this Letter to you in order to inform you that my Intention is that you not Allow any Privateer from any nation whatsoever to establish, off the Coasts of my Kingdom and in proximity to my Ports, patrols which disturb the tranquility of the Commerce of my Subjects and stand in the way of the Safety of that which I allow to other Nations to carry on th'ere...
Date: 22 February 1777
Volume: Volume 8
. . . Following the representations you made to me, Sir, I have received the King's orders On the Course of action to be taken by the Captains of His Ships on patrol in the event that an English Ship should Chase a Vessel within their sight. lt is His Majesty's intention that, in this case, His Ships hoist their Flag, and engage him with a cannon shot. If the Vessel being Chased shows a French...
Date: 4 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8