insufficient Land Force 205

Hood Extricates himself from de Grasse's Superior Force and
Retires 205

Rodney arrives from England and joins Hood 205

Project of French and Spaniards against Jamaica 206

De Grasse sails from Martinique with his whole Fleet and a large
Convoy 207

Rodney's Pursuit 208

Partial Actions of April 9, 1782 209

British Pursuit continues 211

It is favored by the Lagging of two Ships in the French Fleet,
April 11 211

An Accident that night induces de Grasse to bear down, and enables
Rodney to force Action 212

The Battle of April 12 begins 214

A Shift of Wind enables the British to Break the French Order in
three places 217

Consequences of this Movement 218