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Both the military and political state of affairs warranted this neglect of rules. By Kempenfeldt's attack upon De Guichen's convoy, and the following gale in December, 1781. See p. 408. Kerguelen: Guerre Maritime de 1778. Letter of De Grasse to Kerguelen, dated Paris. January 8, 1783. p. 263. See pp. 366, 426. See Map IV. of the Atlantic Ocean, p. 532.
In Kempenfeldt's affair with De Guichen, the admiralty knew that the French convoy was of the utmost importance to the campaign in the West Indies, yet they sent out their admiral with only twelve ships; while at that time, besides the reinforcement destined for the West Indies, a number of others were stationed in the Downs, for what Fox justly called "the paltry purpose" of distressing the Dutch trade.
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