Vanguard, Naples, 29th Sept. 1798.
Sir,
I have received your letter of the 17th from Augusta, as well as your despatch of the 27th, by Captain Gage.
I very much approve of your putting into Augusta to get water, and very highly so of your officer-like behaviour and conduct relative to Malta, as also of your supplying the Maltese with arms and ammunition.
I am, sir,
Your most obedient servant,
Horatio Nelson.
To Sir James Saumarez.
September 29th, 1798.
My dear Sir James,