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:Why wasn't it what Nelson wanted? [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 22:33, 19 April 2007 (EDT)
:Why wasn't it what Nelson wanted? [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 22:33, 19 April 2007 (EDT)
::Nelson originally ordered his signalman to say "England confides that every man will do his duty" but asked him to be quick, as he also wanted to signal "Close Action." The signalman, John Pasco, asked if he could substitute "expects" for "confides" because "expects" was already in the established flag vocabulary, and "confides" would have to be spelled out.--[[User:Britinme|Britinme]] 20:04, 18 May 2007 (EDT)
I can't remember exactly what Nelson wanted, but the Flag Officer pointed out that it would take rather a lot of flags so suggested the final version that required only a few. [[User:LateralQuercus|LateralQuercus]] 07:58, 20 April 2007 (EDT)
I can't remember exactly what Nelson wanted, but the Flag Officer pointed out that it would take rather a lot of flags so suggested the final version that required only a few. [[User:LateralQuercus|LateralQuercus]] 07:58, 20 April 2007 (EDT)