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The British had to rely on the Royal Navy to help defend Britain from the successes of Napoleon's campaigns. However with Spain's equivocal support to France the combined navies posed a new threat. Nelson and Jervis' victory over the Spanish fleet was part of a strategy to reduce this threat to the Royal Navy and the defence of Britain. |
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