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 indeed which did great honour to the enemies courage. After two such decisive strokes, the presence of the duke was no longer necessary in the Baltick; he left it, and setting sail for England, anchored at Hull with his victorious fleet.

The King with his own hand wrote a most friendly letter to the Duke, thanking him for his great and eminent services, particularly in this signal success: he soon after ordered him to sail for the coast of Spain, and gave him orders to annoy the enemy in whatever manner should seem best to himself; he was limited only to the coast of that kingdom: his Majesty before he left England, gave orders for a fleet of ten sail of the line, and eight frigates, to sail for the West Indies, to prosecute the war in that part of the world; they were to convoy transports with three