Had encountered the French Fleet off Rhode Island; a gale had resulted in the separation of the two fleets, but had attacked a dismasted French ship at night before withdrawing on the approach of a larger French force; speaks highly of the talents of Lord Howe
Letter. William Hotham writing from Preston Sandy Hook
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