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The French fleet had to be stopped.
In Response To: HMS Victory 
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() The British fleet had little choice or the homeland was going to be invaded. "At all costs" was just that.
It was one of those points when history would have changed "but for".
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- "England expects every man will do his duty"
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- HMS Victory
- The spot Nelson fell
- The French fleet had to be stopped.
- The spot Nelson fell