"The attempt Hood made in January 1782 to save them from capture, with 22 ships to 29, was not successful, but the series of bold movements by which he first turned the French out of their anchorage at the Basse Terre of St Kitts, and then beat off the attacks of the enemy, were the most brilliant things done by any British admiral during the war."*

I really rather dislike apologetists generally. At least, if they are unsourced and appear, on the surface, to be simple bias and poor writing.