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The third chapter enumerates the several _pimp
of operation which ibloaparte had it in his power
to adopt. with the motives that might be supposed
to have iolleeseed his seketion.

. .

" There were sesea who expensed a wish that the Essipe-
roe had at the rod sl April catered &ipso, bad attached,
bates, and dispersed the English irony, and had wised the
population of this country, of whale diepoeities there could
here been no doubt. It Is certain that in April and the be-
(imam; of Nay, imbed of the 150,61111 enemies thery were
to cassia& is, Jape, he isselAlissi heal to masa spinet
not more than wee hundred sad twenty theseasi, end at
the seine time the iseprediat attack weds by the Kis, of
Naples epos the Austria's troops, *weld have draws all the
attention of Austria spas Italy. This project would ter.
vilely have been the hew, if it were feasible; ht befogs the

eouiseiscevaeat of boatiiiiii% it Inas ammo to arat sad
Freebies the Goalie places, Mee bottoninee ef the notional
pew) to form garrison% avid realm die Inept of tie line
dispoieble fur foreleg an army &Wes, until the
beginning of May, bore werireolertained dot peace 'algid

baipie.iii *Midas mut lst ham dis-appaveilar
the retimetteeverei If bee Wake di ogees bell bees re-
word of Inaietaisieg pace o." .
Another party smibmended e defensive system
altogethes, during which the army would rapidly
increase, while the caution necessary to be observed
by an invading army. would rainier step 600A90
men inadequate for making all the well-provided
places of strength, and foe giving employment to
nonterons carpi of Frepeh partimui, The third
project, as stated by General Gourgaud, seems
to be a culotte/pa* of the brat., it consisted in m-
sembling as large a force as possible upon the
northern frontier, and attacking successively the
Allied armies, or, as General Goorgand fondly
aye, ithpetriag the English., and chiming the Prus-
sians to the other wide of the Rhine.

*This obtained; every this! was gritted. A revelsthis is
the Ministry eatrikbave token. pima Lagdos, MONS
would have riots en wan% and aU the Relearn bow pepiti
hug yoagril sedge Unit old audited. All die trooptelf the
left Wok of the Rhine, those of tiasony, of Isvoris, of
Wirtentherg. ice. *wearied by the hales yoke of hook aid
Austria would tarn to the side of Fra5te."........

roe Emperor adopted the snood ail !bird. 0a sae
side hi made every prepandiow at Paris and Lyons le reader
these two cress 'meres of resissomee, mid an the miler be
united alt his disposable troops is Flitted's., to ammo the
afferige. Shusl4 this offensive project fail tor success every
thing was repaint to fall back ups Paris tied Lyme% and to
execute the scaled project. the Emperor had a repugnance
to abandon at the very ceemencenseut of the campaign,

•iltiost defence to t►e trades of the enemy, the Provinces
'lle WM devoted to the natineal arose. Alsace, Lorraine,
lierrady, Fraarhommite, the deparfteirsts et the Meese,
th !Nerdy, and ail the eaveries at .Pare."

'but fierce *lnch crossed Am Sombre under Na.lishoon. is stated at 83,100 inhAtty. St 4500 cavalry,
*lO guns. winch, with the, sAtiikry, tzeopa,, &c.
formal a total of 11.5,000 peep, of 0,41114,000

• • Flavin alletled to the eximilnat at tb. KIM et N•Pkot
I may add (bat this Unfortunate Prior. Lad teat, by his
bad pulley, eoptribatrit to uvertlelow Witpaletni.. If, is 11114,
be bad net abantlinieil the mow •of hawse fur that of
Anna% Foam hut NOd been beaded; and M ball, be
had nut declared war eggnog Aistria, Frs peaphli had
not • armed time frit the )ukr of the foreigner. fms
pryer of Austria, seeing hie ssen•iu-levy "%Mu seated as the
amuse of Framer, approved diapmrd hn Moat Mien
Murat% attack smite Lisa believe Thal it wria iheirriteit tit a
plan conereted wish Napoleun He broke et villsagsria-
hon. saying, ' //env ens treat IttfA Napo/mei what he
has attacked ate lig .11ui at P "

bete ceiratrj,.. The Piheites irr#l under Blucher
is stated* t 90,000 gigot of whim 11,000 weeli ca.
valrf. 14111 300 goo.. lit* Anglo-Data army as
made to imessut to 140,0 meek and NW glum—
The head-quarter of Blocher were at Nernst., 16
kept" Not Suetyle, the hesdAuarters of the
, Thilte.of Wellington.
it was toles Wed," says beam' Goa rim\ d,• that et bruit
V day of the lath, the first shots would be Geed as the
'Premien advanced poets; thiftrusias boadineriers-wohld
le that ease be informed et tee o'clock of the eboirmemot or
*the hatch army, whilst fist or the English nada only be
latermed towards tbeeloge of the day. The Premien only,
limed eight or tea hairs befuro the Emilia may, 'mild
le &Am aratiebted. The hope was eves emetived of
bettit ts'illseliit berate its four corps should joie, or
of shag* it to take a position in the raw, its the direetiou
et Liege mad of the tibiae, which was its hoe of operatives;
and thee aelereting ilfeiretthe 6sglish army, give mesas.
'to other amblemigat.
" In obese maculation* di character of the Generals is
"chief were labia isle emineleration ; the hem? huhite of
illecint, his activity, gad hie decided chancier,
lirmal a *Mai clearest with the tin:gasped Ammar, the
slew sail kiiMdinl nagger of Orgeeedicri of the Duke of
4feEdietbe. It wee "my to foresee that the ?midge may
*Pali no Oat asseetbl4 ea also that it would skew
waist decision and promielhide is lying la the easidenee of
in Wt. If Bleamfbareety bed nee battalions assembled
be would ham emplilmil Mae. is seppeetlei the Eighth
army ; sad, es the Other hand, maw Wainscot.* had all
his army together, he wOhlit get attack the *Fraith to relieve
Blucher. All these reason Marie it desirable to ansisamm
with attacking the Premiss army.*
General Goorgaud cokulatee the Prussian force
at Ligny at 90,000, and the French at mom).
The position of the Prossiaus, though strong in
itself, was yet ioexplicable, as a force from •Quatre
dm could easily move on its rear.
It was the disobedience of Ney, we are informed,
that alone prevented the total destruction of the
Prussian army at Ligny. At the moment a deci-
five attack was about to be made, a force was re-
cognised moving apparently in the direction of
Flown,. es The Emperor halted his guard, and
ordered different to 'receive thistolumn.
This movement appeased inexplicable." It was
not till half.past eis, that items ascertained to be
the First Corps, commanded by General Erlon
(part of Ney's army).

N What tbs4rro, woo dammed, it required bar ea bon,
to rocsi thu reserves, sad, till seven o'clock, Napoleon could
rot Insrelt on Li y. 'tyke attack took plum so projected,
bet this tollortunste mistake hod retarded it lea hours.
Ligny was carried, the messy every when heat, hitviwg his
centre driVen In, sod hi. right mused beyond tit. Amend by
the division of Uinta, precipitately abonassal ths Ileld of
batik, and retrestsd in moral thrections. The doriumos of
the sight did not permit as to obtain all the moults Add
sight have been hoped for from this victory. ..... •
lints the Premier army of SUDO men (Below bed sot joie-
ed it) was best In four hoar. by 40,000 Preach"
The French loss is stated at between 7 and 8,000
men, and that of the Prussians at ft 6,000.

General Clatirgavti takes any opportunity of
throwing mesas epee Marshal Ney, whom he
seems to consider as labouring under a species of
infatuation, arising from a consciousoas of his
forma ill-conduct. Several errors are attributed to
him, one of which has been already noticed. lie
is also accused of bevies', en the Isth, dasined the
first cape too loos at ilatehieaaml/2 sad not
having advanced upon Qualm Bess. Had he obey-
ed Napoleon's orders in this respect, even ins the
16th, he would have intercepted the greed reed of
Nivelles, and all the English troops alutooed In the
environs of Nivelles tumid have beast ossigellad
to unite at Cleanses% It "meld have bees im-
possible for the Duke of Wetheglaes *ilhitut ar-
tillery, without cavalry, and with harassed mew,
not coming up in force, to have attacked an army
in position. He would have been *Wird timer.
behind Gennep,' to be enabled to act cm the 17th,
and then Marshal Ney, by detaihing the Ara corps
by the Toad of Qoatre Bras, on Iterbois and Sem-
bref, only two leagues distant, would haft *sewed
the total ruin of the Prussian ',qty.'s
We must pees over Geoerel lourgesd's way de-
tailed account of thisperstkpaa Wye*, flue bottles
of Ligny and of Wisteria*, sod hasten to his account
of that memorable cootie', which decided tithes of
Napoleon.
44 On the morning of the nth the wattisite was
very, gloomy. It hod rained all eight, and coati-
aued even till day-bleak. The reports of the night,
and the obeervatiou of Ares, had fully confirmed
the presence of the entire Anglo-Dutch army. Its
force was from 8. to 90,000 men, and SW pieces of
cannon. The French army not being more than
'6, or 68,000 men, was very inferior in point of
numbers, bet very superior in the civility a( the
troop.. The Belgian and German soldiers were
not equal to the French soldiers, among? whom
were the Imperial Guards. sod the for diatoms* of
Cuirassiers. The French soldiery, on accouat of
the reserve batteries of the guard, was as numerous
as the enemy's artillery. The victory did not
pear doubtful, and with this victory, we might hope
for the destruction of the English army, from the
position which it hod takers. At break of day the
Emperor, when brealassting, mid, 4 Out of a hots-
dred eliaircee we have eighty for us.' At this mo-
ment Marshal Ney arrived, who came from visitisig
the line, and answered, Sing V irti-
Mottos *ere to slope so to reamer there; Bat Emou
come to sanoonee that the retreat is ordered. and
that f you do so haste to (stark thee. they still
escape us.'—The Emperor did not attach much
iinportance to this report ; it seemed evident to him
that More the Duke of Welliiigtoo had not retired

re der, he had determined to rtn the herald or

_ --.....
•" At eight o'clock the weather clotted up r the
Emperor 'reconnoitred the enemy's line, and con-
sidered the ground fit for maticruvrer. Hr expe-
dited his orders for battle to the several Command-
ers of corp., and every thing was in motion.
" The 'English army had in its rear the fore lit oY
Soignis, and a single road for its communication
with Brussels, which would render ha retreat very
difficult. It occupied a beautiful platform. Its
►ight, 'supported by a ravine at the other vide of
the Motile.' road, extended itself to Britine-
la.Leod. its 'kilt crowned the heights of La
'hie, and its centre occupying on the left the
farm of La Nile Sainte, and on the right that of
Hougesscoont was in adoince of the village of
Mont. St. Jean, where the two roads of Itivellea
and Charleroi Met. It was perceived that the
enemy had raised no redoubt, 'or other works, and
that few or no natural obstacles were in his front.
The platform was somewhat inclined toe concave at
its centre, and the ground ternfineled with a gentle
declivity in a ravine not deep, which separated the
two armies.

'" The French army was placed in the following
order:—General Reines with the second corps; his
right being on the road from_Charleroi to Brussels,
his left on that from Nivelles. having opposite to it
the wood of Hougoutuout, and his light cavalry on
the other side of the road. General Elias, his left on
the Charleroi road, and his right opposite to the
left of the English, in front of the villsge of La Flak.
. . . . General Kellerman's corps of Cuiras-
siers in the second line, behind the second corps ;
Milhaut's corps behind the first. The sixth corps
(Count de Loban) was formed in close column, on
the right of the Charleroi road The
Imperial Guard, in the third line, formed a general
reserve

" These dispositions indicated the project of the
Emperor, which was to pierce the centre of the Eng-
lish army, to drive it along the road, ■nd arriving
at the entrance of the forest, to cut off ►be retreat
of the right and left of the line. The complete
success of this attack must have rendered all retreat
impossible, briag along with it the destruction of
the English army, and at all events aeparate it
from the Prussian.
" About eleven o'clock General Reille cannon-
aded the enemy, to drive him from the wood of
Hot:gamest. The engagement soon became very
brisk epos this point. Prince Jerome with his
division took possession of the wood: he was driven
from it : a second attack spin made him master of
it, but the enemy maintained himself in the castle
which was in the middle 4 it. This castle had
been embattled, which pot it beyond the reach of
-a
eoap-sfe.asain. The Emperor sent orders to
Getters' Reille to form a battery of lipseitssers and
set fire to the castle. It was °buried with plea-
sure that the best English troops were collect-
ed at this point; among other the, division of
the Guards (General Cooke). At this moment
was seen at a distance a body of from five to
viz thousand men of all arms. It was at first
believed to be. Marshal Grouchy's corps, bet
is a quarter of an hoer some homarabsooght io a
Prussian express, bearing a dispatch which apprised
us that the troops now appearing were the advanced
guard of Bolow's corps. The Major-General
(Souls) expedited an officer to Marshal Grouchy to
apprise him of this circumstance. The Staff-Officer,
who saw the importance of his mission, might join
the Hershel in less than two hoary. Great success
was anticipated from the arrival of the Marshal in
the rear of auk,.

" In the mum time, however, it was necessary,"
otieerves General Gourgaud. " to oppose the march
of the Prussians', end for this purpose the Count de
Lobau eras dispatched with 7,000 men, whereby
the operation opiate the cutle wee interrupted.
Orders were. at the ume moment, dispatched to
Ney, to commence the attack with the ant corps,
and to mein epos La Hai Sainte.
" The troops were fell of enthusiasm; the Em-
peror rode through the line. The acelatestiesis of
jOy'were solvent as to impede the mansourres and
prevent the commando from being
,h rd., Ile
placed himself upon an eminence near the funs of
La Belle Alliance, whence he sow every thing; the
enemy's wings as well as the French. From that
he was capable of ascertaining all the movements
that the enemy might make on seeing his centre
threatened; and his Majesty had under his, baud
all the reserves which he might dispose of rapidly,
put himself at their bead, and counteract the un-
expected matopurrea of the enemy. It was noon;
eighty pieces of cannon commenced their fire.
laadient halloo liner the enemy's batteries opposed
to them were drown off, and from different points
of the line were seen new batteries come out to re-
inforce them
Our infantry advanced—great confusion was then
discernible upon the reed to Brussels-wall the car-
riages and baggage of the right and left, seeing the
Ire approach, precipitated themselves oa the rood
to gain Brussels. In the mean time, the enemy's
line made no grand naanatavre—it remained in its
immobility. Several charges were saccewlully
made by its cavalry, on the flank of one of the
columns of the first corps, and a fifth of our guns
which pdvsured, were overthrown in a deep road :
a brigade of Mahout's cuirassiers advanced against
this cavalry, and quickly covered the field of battle

with its 'death. The emperor seeing that the
enemy mink no greutmovernent on Isis right, %hole
ours wk. in some disorder, gallopped to it. tie
quickly restored order: the cannonade continued
with fury, mud a new attack on La li.sie Sainte
mode us masters of that ittrpottoist (roost."

The action was tints maintained until half-part
fuer o'clock, when Napoleon was apprisid that
frOm eight to 10,000 Prussians were adver.eing
from the wood of Frischeitni., and that there was
too intelligence horn Marshal 'Grouchy.
" The Emperor having seen that Billow'. attack
had eornmence4 sent cyders to Marshal Ney to main.
tain himself in La Hair Sainte, • hut to
make no movement until lie saw the issue of the
maticauvre of the Pressisors. In half an hoer after-
wards, about four o'clock, when there last were
attacking us with most energy, the Euglish endeat.
routed to retake La flair Sainte : they were vigo-
rously repulsed by the hoe of our iiifetitiry and a
charge of revelry; but Ney, hustled on by tun
much ardour, leapt the outer he Wad received,
advanced upon the plain All the effi.
cer. surrounding the Emperor seeing this move-
ment, the success ofthe chaeges, the retreat of seve-
ral English squares, the ees;attaii of their tire, &c.
sung out victory—but the Emperor said to Mar-
shal Till, is a premature ntovenient, unl
may be attended with had consequences.' Sault
was enraged with Ney, • Na has compromised us,'
he exclaimed, as at Jena'."
This movement, however, watt supported by &I-
!ennui), and the French troops were prevented from
being alarmed 14, the i'russalus Ajar~ which.was com-
ing in their rear.
" Terror and'atneietisedfreigiteri thiougtont the
enemies' line, fugitives had already reached Bru,..
sets, an orderly retreat wits impossible, and the entire
army was on the point of perishing The enemy
threatened us no where; we were masters of one
part of his held of battle; we were victorious not
only over the Anglo-Dutch army of 85,000 men,
but also over Bulow's corps of 30,000 Prus.
shins.
was informed of the arrival of Marshal Witcher,
sad of the Lest Prussian corps, which had left
Wavers in the morning, and advanced by Ohain to
join the left of the Auglo-Dutch army. Nor was
this the only reinforcement. Two brigades of
English cavalry of six regiments, which had been
placed in reserve on this mad, were rendered dos-
potable by the arrival of the Prussia,' troop., and
re.outered the lime. This intelligence restored the
moral of the Anglo-Dutch army; it resumed its
courage, and held its position.

" Under these critical eircumstwarea three bat.
triages of idolatry of the second line of our• right
retreated in good order to the Imperial Guard,
which the Emperor had reunited. This inurement,
of which the motive cannot he explained, di►orga-
nired our line. The soldiers said tiny had not lire's
drive% but acted under orders. The Emperur
hiratigued theta, and they returned to their nue.
The cavalry, who from their elevated situatimi
could see the whole geld, obfolvect-thio retrograde
mommeot of the three battalions; they at the
same time Paw the arrival of Marshal Blocher and
the two brigades of fresh cavalry who were reign-
ing to charge thous. Fearing that they should lie
cut off several regiments made a retrograde more-
meat."

General Griorgiud, hoWevet, states, that by the
Emperor's personal exertions the Guards were
formed in columns, and again lett to the attack.
To encourage Ney'a division, which was wavering,
Lathedoyere wes sent by Napoleon to inform them
that Giouchy's cowl had arrived. Victory seemed
still to cling toils standard, *lieu about half-past
seven or eight o'clock, Blucher, with naives whole
corps. took possenioa of the village of Ls Hair.
The right wing of the French *tiny was Nstown into
ditooder, and thereby separated from Lobers's carp..
" 'fruiters sod ill-disspersed persons" skilfully took
advantage of this embarrassment, *filch, however,
war not a little promoted by a rapid charge of two
brigades of the allied cavalry, whieh " prevented
the possibility of rallying." The Emperor ordered
his four squadrons of service to charge thew, but
the four aquadrons were overthrown, and the ton-
fusion was inefeased: fir the 'meantime the whole
English army advanced, the French cavalry and rt.-
fautry fought against each other without knosing
it. The right battslioira of the guard, which lied
long and gallantly fought,- were at length borne
down by the fugitives of their own army, and
crushed by the number of the enemy. There brace
fellows fought to the last, and' suld,their lives dearly.
Cambroue. summated to surrender. exclaimed.
" The guards can perish, hut cannot surrendrr !"
The Emperor appears to have made surprisisr
efforts to stop the fugitives, and cheek the via
curious army. " Finding his efforts unavailio;:.
he ordered me," says General Gourgsod r:r
a note, " to form a battery of some pieces of
cannon that still remained in oar power, end to
fire upon the English cavalry, which was rapiriir
advancing. They were the last cannon shots. A
moment alter, as we were almost surrounded I.!
the enemy, he was forming in square the tions!o"
of the guard, and commaridid the lire. V.'
Emperor appeared determined net to survive 4
fatal day. He wished to perish with his grrfoulie%
and was entering the square, when Ntirsinil
who was near bins. said, ' Ali ! Srrv, the sinus ,IC
already too happy and at the mime time 1., 11;.1•

ed 'the Eroperoh h IV Viii taa Aker&
Charleroi."
We have already far eiceedeB (Air limits, but
the extreme importance which meat ever be..
hag t• this subject, independent of the deep in-
wlikhu,'parrative of the
.battle of %Redo°,
avowedly authorised bf Namara% muse iecemovily
pleallt'ddtvescese. We shall to.
mouser- resent 'Sr Nosh to with as adiregi of
Cflonerst Oratirgs444 illiffirtive of the events that
occurred from the Welk of Waterloo to the abdi-
cation of Napalms*. _
•

Fame Gongs 111. POSIILUIIIIIfraaiAr* it the tank,
EsOsiesse, East !sae, ad Soul► Ilea Hosea.
• •

ilftths it PRESS.

,
LONDON,

OcTolima( lit Isis:
TIM Gimlet
The Paint ROM* rensiood at tow Pen%
en ftie way•frostt Brlgbion to Lenges, on nighty
till between eleven and twelve o'clock. in
anxious expeetatiou for the welfasuoPblrellileted
poratits, sad that ',tinted to tow..
The woo of het• Monett on Ma, high,' not
requicieglie, oteehloneo or boa hif hli cites
Sir Fitlieel alehlooe• mese te hiroaddedar .t
Meer on that ilsIA Adhiloslif#ol44 !Stint
the sight. Ow Illotoodot adreorr. Sir Hissav
stertr4lelt th Ate tyantot jibed
the following Sakti* t•r.,
" liesPolooo, Odell" R 4. Se.
rimmurelelet geode. Agnes& Nitt'llbjeley

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bas bed sew geed skip is*, aisle. •
SI H. lIALFOIta?'
The Duke of Yowl. Aar Deeseeting business
with his Seetetary, Sir Hartkii Tiiitapi, at his
house in St. James's Palace, left tem" the liev%
14•12. ROO 11Zintielletttnti,e,d onllt:tion 'Mors,
end alter partaking, e 1 some rekehmest, paoreedod
on hie way to derwee to Oat-
fanda, where the Halal Dukakis( iselect party of
*toads to stet Mew with the Dashes..
Sir eaanctfllliilion retuned to Kew' Palace
en
liieterney shoo orgao'itheb.
Ths gikllt arrived et ll* is Sew-
day afternoon, sod returned la dwitouplionse in the
evening.
Tbe Qiiw was Ewa: ref/edema in the coarse
of Saturday, add vest inter gi•rehlr the fallowing
fseearnislaillelleda wai
.

" The (beet tow trai s gmai ape. the Ilislistrem-
fumes the same as yesterday.

N F. 1111LWAN,
"I 111111.01111"
Bois 1461*
111C11 WIP WPM low
terdie,. at tour mai tetosioest abbot two
hours. 7
Sle-thorwe rtnrenortelt Itevryerereky RAC
and ragweed about siz o'clock:
Yesterday Divine Service inks perfortheeit Kew
• Pal I ace.

• r
We have *trivet* tacit Pipers or the' 21st
and4tid instant. Therm Ailed with accounts of
the peepaiwalitiefillieftiturn of the allied troops
to thrir respossiW heimpea The Duke of Wst-
Lances% propel' tio entertain the *ssitlipia at
Valenciennes witb fetes for three suctissive days.
From thence theft/00610. piskt4ll to P%,is; whet,
they "wild mitre on the 26tb, on.s visit for • few
&wt.—The 6 per Cent. Cams& were, on Eisturchl
last, 7S 6:l6di hones.

Dutch and Fien den Moils estivate a MC boor
last night. The Poperii fibril Brussels aree to the
Nth ilistint. but mote* ow letter intelligence of',
the Allied Sovereigns, OR the sootenseas& of the
troops, than whet is OW% dot Pikriiraperc

A I larabrigh Mail arrived hilfatiglarb with Aspen'
from that city to the 19d instant.—lt stand' Wi-
th* the head of Hanover. that bit Raital Highoet.
the Duke at CLARIONS win leave that capital in

the miming spring, end Gtr Mit abode in one of the
great town' of that. kingdom; probably Cettie or
Ortmobtirg.
Their Royal Righneseretlit Duke and Dechees
of Ct11135111.411/1 arrived at Berlin o►► the ltith
iostsot. from Donee, Mld n the latit dined atilt
the CaoWit Pat,tcs, whose lintti-dair was crle-
brute(' on the 15th, in the most brilliette style.
From Berlin thtir Royal' nighnrews prockided to
New Streliti. Prises Summit has since strived
in Berlin from SiktiM.

Thr following ra an extract from the litunburgh
PAINTS :

I.rrivit vox =marginAi, 11 caul, JUL? IL
A few drys agu it Puha it 4114 received du sees ids
roiliiiele victory gaiued by his sat over lbs.l~iskshtlia.
Tinir Dreych, was taken hy three, siskitirlitillks
.nr their stuysSivestaci ism • citadel is thy hauls. of at
coy, which they ilefisdatt rialare-•

vex, lop, 'WI. miff modulo city, oitesteal is a &sae
couotry, skit days journey frusta Ramesh, mid eiereu koes
goaded.
An Erglish 'Lip, eutoihg from Bombay, wee lalely wrecked

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