It is with sincere regret that I have to inform you of a diplomatic incident that occurred during the lay-over of one of your captains.

Capitaine de Camembert un Fromage had the audacity to attempt to recruit crew from the Danish troops in this port, and when challenged claimed that offering a large bounty for volunteers wasn't technically violating the neutrality of the port. He also scoffed at the suggestion of formal complaints to the Secretary of the Colonial Department of the French Ministry of Marine, and King Louis XVI from His Majesty, Christian VII, King of Denmark and Norway, through ambassadorial channels, as well as to you.

I have already read in the Naval and Military Gazette how the French, and your subordinates specifically, violated Portuguese neutrality at Porto Praya several months ago, as well as the fact that you have apparently failed to give a public apology for that action. Then I am subjected to this level of arrogance that I speak of.