Autograph letter signed : "Hollwood", to [Sir James Pulteney], 1793 Aug. 2.

Expressing his satisfaction at the news of the successful conclusion of the campaign at Valenciennes; adding "I should think it essential that the Hessians should be at our disposal by the Beginning of next month, if our Accounts from the South, afford a Prospect of a good autumn's Campaign in that Quarter...The Siege of Dunkirk may now take place (if the meeting desired by the P. of Cobourg does not lead to a change of Plan) even sooner than the Time you mentioned in your last Letter. According to our Information any considerable delay would both encrease the difficulty of the attack and endanger the Health of the Troops engaged in it. Besides this, It is in every way material to the Impression here, that the duke of York should strike a Blow near enough to have the effect of it as immediate as would be the case if dunkirk should be taken. - In saying however all this, I am aware that there may be circumstances which We know nothing of, which may present great advantages from some different Scheme, and if the advantage is of a very decisive nature, everything else ought certainly to be postponed but it can be only for a very short Time;" adding that he does not have time to comment on his suggestions regarding campaigns in the new year but "as far as I can now Judge, I am much inclined to believe they will prove right."