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Isted to the recognizance made by Captain
to .
oa tliejth and 6th Jet. Hating hood
gham .
' l Taros' er eat,, I have nothing to add to
~th tetrat to the time we toothed from the
a PR three,
and arrived at Plana del.
fiferarit halt
• four o'clock, and I reported to General
ram at
*mete Awe had paffed.
Had yne any eominoniestion with General
Matte on ran return on the fabjea of his
,go.
the
,„ fte=a del Toros that evening ? A. I
el coneral Sir Samuel Anchrnuty to
onataaitated to
eat effeB.
0, IvA . oti girt Or opinion of your own as to
' likaeste or Cafe to Gametal Whitelocke ?
at being ril g. /coined with the dragoons alone,
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ght Mere was no need of that.
',bou
mg ite orders you reeerred to open a corn.
'Calks ow the tight flank, med• what you did in
Eft *of/orders ; the Rivet* of theefcort
ef,k; doting yon took in performing shot let.
141 dawkry you encountered on the fame ?
neareiithg
eeded from the Coral at half pail fix in the
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odds an dean of too dragoons. My orders
tii'utr'og'rownwwkate with Colonel Mahon, and af-
'lag, with the Refidencid, and the brigade under
e:modoeford, if triable. About nine o'clock
sw;offst Colonel Mahon's quaragrs, and canirii-
daerders I had received from General White-
. I then proceeded to the Refidencia, and ar-
rces- there about one o'clask. I found frven come
:Jo of the Oh, and fame riflemen under Major
Watch ted Lieut. Col. Davie. I then learnt that on.
tht arming at nine o'clock, the Btitifh colours had'
,„. fan filing, on the church of St. Domingo, and
i; Colonel Gerd had advanced in• that direaion
sib fhereeadiers of the asth, but had not thenre-
toed. lo
ck Rag was ftruck on the Church about
oe o'clock. Whila I was at the Refidencia, the
owey attempted to bring cannonagaintt the Convent.
fat Nichols, with a body of the siivifion, advanced,
di wok two pieces of cannon, and two howitzers,
lug hiperfed the enemy. Lieutenant Colonel Davie
thalaimated to me, that it would be in vain for me
moot to penetrate to General Crawford. At
isaclock I again 'returned, and at half paft eight
'rota at the Miferati. I communicated to Co.ked Mahon the dilpofition in which I found Colonel
sear dirifion. I reported to Colonel Mahon the
Loath of the Refidencia, and the able manner it
wirocdtated by Coltmei Davie ; the pruvitions he
_ad am with in the Convent and adjacent haufes ;
al bow eafy a communicatian might be opened with
, with the Oro guns and howitzers ; and the ad-
wage they would derive from a reinforcement.
Noel Mahon promifed (eine artillery men thould
feint in the morning.
ODid you not offer to Colonels Sorie and Ni-
elk the ico dragoons at the Refidencia, and at-
op your tet teat with ten dragoons—.the remaining
ffeefyour demi ? A. I did.
Oh the time you made this reconnoiffance, had
sakfive operation's from the advancing columns
Mill A. I cannot potitively fay.
Q.,Defcribe to the Corot what difficulty occurred
iipoforming this fervice, and your line of march,
i going and Corning. and distance between the 1
kidge and Refidencia ? A. The roads and tops of
Unhooks were occupied by armed men—no (Made
ewe& othirwise. I difPatched a few dragoons,
defeat cleared the roads : from Mr. White'shoufe
to;thebridge is five or fai miles ; from the bridge to
bfidencin aboot two miles ; from - Refidencia to
White'shoofeabout fix miles.
Q• From the obfeivations you made in perform-
ing this fere*, is.itft or is it not, your opinion, that
a communication might not hive been opened with
tic Refidencia on the sth? A. I think it might tare
ke•opencii, bicauft the enemy's force wete more
ofpfable in annoying the light brigade.
tj... Did General Wbiteli,cke make any attempt,
?atonally or °the/wife, to fupport the different corpns
a the attack of the sth of Jnly, with the exceptio
i the two orders to which your evidence applies ?
!,, I underßood that Brigade Major Ctofsley had
:en nidered to the right.
Qz Is that the only attempt you know of ? A. It is.
1t....11 Captain Croft's y had been ordered to the
right with two or three dragoons, fhould yon think
tat a proper efcort fir opening a communication
sub the right ? A. It was• impoffible for mounted
dragoons to proceed in that dole country.
Ql,,KRioil by General WHITLLOCKI.
When did you receive the orders for communi.
eating with the right ; and had you any converfation
lab me on thofe ordus ? A. I received thrift orders
tithe sth, between twelve and one o'clock, at mid-
eight; General Whitelocke came tome, and cleared
rte to take a particular mark of the diltance of the
tone I had taken.
g.What icafun did Major Nichols affign for not
meeting the too men you offered M leave as a re-
inforcement ? A. Major Nichols felt fo confident in
his pofition and troops, that he was not particularly
wens for a reinforcement ; and withed me to
teach in Catty at head quarters with my report.
Qeflion by the Court.
When General Whitelorke• requefled yon to take
S ,particular plan of the route you were to take on
the-6th, did be- communicate any information him-
fill? A.. The perfon I feat. for was perk& mailer
°1 the roads, and was .examined in the pretence. of
tialttal Whitelucke, who put leveret queLtions to
kik
. QDo you know any more difficulty in proceed.
41 to the right Omsk, than what you met with in
tong to the left, on the sth of July ? A. There
vete more armed men on the tight, but the oppo,
.Iqa they offered is not worth Mentioning.
Lieutenant-Colonel Baueste.
Q, Did yon remain with General Whitelocke, at
kad-quarters. on the sth ? A. I did.
Lieutenant. Colonel Bourke then Rated—foon after
Iktgua was fired cia do-morning of the sth, /Rated
to the Commander of the Faeces that the different
min had al, marched off, and that. the 9th dra.
PP and combined: erne rationed on the Portico
with two field pieces sUotte.d.them in generadul orders;
40 I (WO loon often 644 roomed gun-
h'3ats Mowing up.to covert the 38th regiment. Abort
',..c0 o'clock I lam the 9tb, and carabineers, fawning
"II tkr unfired:Gin' attack on the centre firegt .•
lin wee halted about soo las& in front of the
Mod from which they h n
ad ogiandly Alerted; and I
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of the Forces lainfelf was. About half pelt two, I
Wet break-44okt Rig ebarkiiiidir of the Forces fent
Captain Whittingham to the left. Ido hot rebnlle&
Way other eircoutegriere. as oetterring on that day
Which can give an anfwerto this queßicin.
I thigh, about one eadei, ow the morning of the
Bth, the General cleared me to write force orders
which tie difiatdd, arid Which were linen to Captain
White. who was fent off with them that morning.
--About ten o'clock lisle diy the Getieral moved to
Plata del Toros, with a (mall *fcort of too difmoun-
ted dragoons. I 'hit& two 6 ficrunders and Come
few cavalry. Nothing particular occurred On the
march. I underlood from a converfation I had
with the General before the mink, that his inten-
tion was to keep hit left at tie Plaza del Toros,
and throw his remaittiot force towards that fide. I
do not remember any particular military tlCCOrreller'
it the Plaza during the (oar days I remained there.*l
I Raid till the “111110 g of the t6th. I fitould per;
baps obferie, that on ilsid morning of the Bth July 1
fettled the line of demarcation of the two semis%
with their gaff officer.
QDo you know of any pertheal exertion made
during the sth of July by General Whitelocke, or
any other attempts heroin thole you have Rata, far
fupporting the different columns fent into the Wrests
of Buenos Ayres by his orders? A. Ido not know
of any exertion made 14 Genual Whitelocke in his
own perfon. I believe be foot General' Gower"
Brigade Major with• a meffage to the right, and I
conceive he fent Captain Folks frequently into the
town of Buenok Ayres. .
Q.. Do you know why General Whitelocke ttfed
no perfonal exertions more that What you Rated in
your LIR anfwer 1 A. Ido not.
Q:._ If exertion had been made by General 'White-
locke perfonally or otherwife for the jng6ion of
Colonel Mahon's brigade. with theft at head gnat,
ter: on the morning of the sth or rfahluly, do you
not think with that force General Whitelocke might
not have forced his way to the Refidencia,or any other
corps. on the affault ? A. I believe. if proper means
had been adopted. there would have been no great
difficulty in uniting the-corps under Colonel Mahon
with that at the Toros the 4th, or early on the mor-
ning of the sth, but what effe& an attack on that
point might have had, it is more than I can fay. I
believe there would have been no difficulty on the
morning of the 6th with a much (mallet force tohave
c nnmunicated with the Refidlencia.
Q.. Would not the bringing Colonel Mahon': corps
to co operate with the different attacking columns
have afforded another chance of fuccefs on the at.
tack ? A. Certainly it would.
QWere you ever confulted on the treaty ? A. I
waslliewn the fire letter fent by General Liniers on
the morning of the 6th ; the Commander alked my
opinion of it, in pretence of General Gower ; I told
him we ought to refufe the Commons. and throw
the remainder of the forces to the left. General
Gower obferved, he was of the fame opinion, and an
anfwer to that effe& fhould be feht off, which an
Bier, with Come few alterations, was fent. I was no
farther confulted by General tinsitelocke upon the
Cubic& of the treaty.
Q_Did you give your opinion to General White.
locke on that fubje& ? A. No farther than what I
have Rated, till fubfequent to the figning of the
treaty.
Q2eßion by General WHITELnCICE.
Were there not mounted cavalry of the enemy on
our rear and flanks on the sth July ? A. There were,
in confiderable numbers.
What force had I on the Coral, for the de-
fence of the Coral, the prifoners, lick and wounded ?
A. Exclufively of the 600 which I have already fated
to have been in the centre (beet, there were about
sso, in which I include 83 difmounted dragooos,
attached to the Cotnmiffary General.
, • Q..Flow•were the men attached to the Commif.
far&General armed ? A. I believe with carahines.
. Did you hear apy doubts expreffed by General
Officers on the plan of attack failing of fuccefs ; and
what was their opinion of it on the cleft of the sth of
July ? A. I never heard any doubts whatever ex-
prefred as to the fuccefs of the attack : I remember,
a little before fun let on the stk, of expreffing to a
General 011lcer Come fears as to the fate of General
Crawford's Brigade ;he told me he had a great deal
depending if General Crawford was killed, and he
hoped to hear coon that General Crawford was well
potted.
Q Did you examine the pofition of the Toros,
and Rate what command it had on the City of lluenos
Ayres ? A. I examined it very carefully; the Plaza
Was fituated on one fide a little ravine, and a great'
part of Buenos Ayres on the other fide of the Plaza
was high, and from that circumfance it commas.'
ded to the ditlance of five or fix hundred yards on
the oppofite fide, but at the difianee of three hundred
yards it had no advantage whatever.
Q. From your knowledge of the environs of Bile
nos Ayres, do you think that fupplies might have
been cut off from Buenos Ayres with the whole
force on the sth of July ? A. I lhould conceive,
frown the.preat (pace, it would have been neceliary
to guard not lefs than five miles, there being no lefs
than thirty roads le;ding from the country into the
town ; from the garrifon of the town, provifions of
this kind could have been found for more than el:ou.
ble the number ; and from the circomilance of the
enemy having large. bodies 'of cavalry to harafs us
in the rear. I think a blockade Would hardly have
been fuccessful. It is alfo neceffary to date the tea-
lon INK appeared before Buenos Ayres; granaries
in that province are generally filled with grain before
the foxing in of the tins and breaking up. of the
roads. We had hkewife bees informed at Monte
Video. that theenenay bad enabliffied Magazines of
.provifions in the town.
Q. Is it your opinion that it would have been prac-
ticable to have bombarded Buenos Ayres with effect
by a combined attack by Ica or land on or after the
sth ? A. I behave it would have been in Qui power
to have dettroyed a number of houfes.
Qiteßiogs by the COVIT.
WAX you near Geneva Whitelocke on the ph
July, and was you acquainted with the order for the
.attick op that day ? A. "f was oeir General White.
lecke the whole of that day, and was acquainted
vklat theorderr .
-' . Dia the order dire&lhe different corps to pe-
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did not ecrefs that_ they were, there to wait for
further orders—it tgglt have been IP .ondelliood-
Q_Did You (non perCeive .thia ,elte cpottnunica-
tiott-by General Whitekipke With the attacking co.
lump was intercepted by the partici of the enemy ?
A. They were In lel. than half an hour after they
Marched off.
Q. Did it Rrike yod as important that the Gene-
ral, with the remaining force, &Odd march to the
affifiatice of the columns on the atteck A. As catty
as eight o'clock in the morning, whets I found the
fire continued eery heavy in the ,town, and is we
heireceiied no intelligence from the. IStigedier Ge-
nerals Who continandedi I thought the* leas a need:-
fity.Of eaminunicating with' them, and that neceffity
increafed as the day advanced, and it could haste
been obtained in no other Way but by General W.
advancing at the head pf the troops of refee.vd; IP my
Opinion, this ought to have becn attempted. .
D# you know whether inch netetty ever
Attic General Whitelocke, or whiten it was ever
pointed oat to him. ? A. I cannot Cal whether it.did
over (hike him or ant ; it was not pointed out to
hint. in my prefence:
Can you Rate that you have no opinion or the
cants why General Whiteligke remaincd stationary
the whOle of the sth', and did not co-operate for the
fupport of the attacking columns, and there their fate
whatever it was ? A. Although I never parted from
General Whitelocke .hiring that day for any confi-
derable length of time, yet 1 bad fo little converfa-
tion with him, that I cannot attempt to afilgu any
grounds for his conduet.

Twiarry-inownt DAY. -
This morning, at the meeting. of the Crurt, ah.
adjournment took plaie in confequence of the Ulnae
of the Judge Advocate General.

TWENTY NINTH DAY.
Lieutenant Colonel Bova as.
Colonel Bourke writhed to amend an anfsver to a
queftion put by the Court on friday, which was—
whether General Whitelocke at the head of the
forces under Colonel Mahon, and thole at head quer•
tens, could have penetrated to the fupport of the
different columns in Buenos Ayres. the sth of July ?
He laid, that it was his opinion that General White-
locke, at the head of thole troops, might have pe-
netrated to the centre of Buenos Ayres, and the co.
operation of that force would have afforded the bell
prolpea of fuccefs, and of reaming the fortune of
the day.
O Could not the forces under General White-
locke, by being concentered, have fo broken up, or
occupied the toads, as to have prevented any fup.
plies of provifions from being Cent into Buenos Ayrf s,
mean the roads between the Chuello and the Re.
colletta ? A. 1 believe the dillance from the neaten
part of the Chuello and the convent of Recolletta,
waencarly feven miles, and I do not believe General
Whitelocke, with the a hole force of 7500 mer, could
have effeCted that purpofetnor do I think it pdlible
to have broken up the roads fo as to have ptevented
fupplies being Cent into town.
Qaeftion by General Wm-moots.
Is there any command of view from the Coral fide
of the town from which Buenos Ayres or the march
of the columns might helve ? A. There is not.
Lieutenant Colonel BRADFORD.
QWere you with Lieutenant General Whitelocke
during the sth of July ? A. I was.* On the morn-
ing of the sth, I accompanied general Whitelocke
to the Coral ; the troops entered the town, agree•
ble to orders, and loon afar the cannopade com-nen
ced. I was direlled by General Whitelocke to com-
munists with the right and gain any report. if poffible,
The two- regiments on the right were the 4th Dray
goon Guards and the 45th. The 45th had quitted.
their ground, and advanced to the town. The 6th
Dragoons having miffed the way pointed out to them
by millake ; I immediately returned to General
Whitelocke, to make my report. About nice o'clock
General Whitelocke teemed anxious to know what
was paffing in advance. proceeded from the Coral
in a North Welt direelion, to the entrance of a flreet
leading to the great fquare. I advanced fome diaance
in the fireet, and found the 6th Dragoons, and a de.
tacliment of the gth Dragoons, with one fix pounder
—the enemy were then fiting Come mufkets from the
houfes, and grape from a battery in advance, but ill
dilated, leveret honks bad been broken open by the
foldiers. 1 went, to the top of a houfe near this poll,
from Web I difcovered what I conceived to be Come
of our riflemen on a building in front ; but the or,
ning being hazy, and a great building in front, al-
lowed me hot an impeded view. I returned to
General Whitelocke's head quarters, to make my
report, when be ordered me to advance, with•the 6th
and gth Dragoon.] reported to him, the road being
fo bad, and the rag *cis Pot able to keep up with the
column—he deified the Fun might be left, and the
column to advinese without it, diredling Colonel
Kington to editing, a; far in front as polfible, agree-
able to orders fbr the guidance of the column which
had entered the town: Thele are theonly orders I
received from General Whitelocke during that day,
excepting when I eras fent op thi'evenipg of the 7th
to the Plaza derToros, and V./Moral Whitelocke
direfted me to take cliatge of the potts in the cent
of the army; GeneralsWhiieloeke, when on the Co-
ral about twelve o'clochcia.Abp 6th, direaed me to
retain that poll, and wait a jtentlion with Colonel
Mahon front the right. Also* 6z o'clock, Colonel
Mahon's divifion arrived at the. Coral. b'euarequence
of the report from Colonel Davis Mt the Refiriencia,
to fend a reinfoicemens t;,if P9Ple, one hundred men
with an artillery officer, were sdirceted to be held in
readings to move at day light from that poll the fol.
lowing morning. As this deter:ilium wee *hospice
march, a letter was received. from the Plaza del Toe
roe, to make no other movement.' At -feven I joined'
Peutenant General' Whitelocke on the Plaza del
Toros.
IQ_ Do on know of ant petfcrnal exertion made
-by afteitt Whitelocke vrn the show of any exertion
meo-oistiate with the troops'adtaftced into the town
on the jth ? A. Ido not.
Do Yo‘ know Why GetiVrWhitelocke made
no -Perfonal 'exertion nor no .other atiempti berates
thole you have already defcribe for fupportioz and
co-operating with the' efolunnis ? A. Jdo not-know
of any other r COOK, ester peihaps hiti con once in
the troops being ell, accrAplith chi jell 'of
mli
attack, this is 0 sigajoa.

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CZ:4 Was if generally usuierano4 by the Cora. •
man ing •Officer '•oa the sth, when the different
columns had obtained their feveral obietts of attack, -
that they Mere to wait for further orders ? A. Ido •
not know.
Q If proper meafores had been made fix Genera
Whitelocke for joining the corps under Col: •
Melton with thofe at bead quitters, o
we the Matting
f_the stb, ould it have,been.il the,pn General
itelocbe thereby to have given fripport toithicliffer;.
ont, columns on the attack, or could fie not on tl
Morning Of the 6th. have penetrated fo the RefidC3...
Oil"; and would it not, have been a proper °licit of
ceiloring the fortune of the day
A. / think it„
would. • - •
•Q. What number of prifonets were taken at the •
Cara ? A. About 200.
Have you returns ,of the effeelive Orength of
the army after the sth ? A. I base t there were
1441 rank and file.
(colonel Bradford then delivered a copy of the
different regiments of re(erve, and the ftrength of
each regiment.) •
Q. Can you hate the efferftive ftrength of the Tos'
4rve on the Coral on the sth ? A..Th'ey amounted
to above :+lo men after deduaing cafualues and the
lots of carabineers on the Morning of the Oh which
were shoot so men. • . •
cluding given u
Q. What total number of pritonitiviere. p
to the enemy ? A. I believe about tOO% In
'the zoo taken at the Coral.
Qz_How form aftet the different colturrosof theirmy
bad marched into Buenos Ayres, did you perceive all'
communication cut off by parties *Elite enemy near
you ? A. Ido not know that any communication
MRS cut off ; but I apprehend it would not have been.
adeifable to have communicated by the centre Rivets,
after the refult of the attack of the 6th and 9th dray
gOons, who were obliged to retire with lots. I ap-
prehend it was poffible to communicate by the Re-
64lencia, and from that polt with the other divifion*
in the town.
Q Did it not appear to you on that day neceffary
for die general and'his Staff to pulls forward with
the remainder of the army at all Wks, and combine
with them whatever fortunes might await them ? A.
I think it would have been advifable after 12 o'clock,
when the report had been received •of the failure of
the centre attack, to have done fo.
Q.Do you know whether any filch neeetfity ever
(truck General Whitelocke, or was it ever pointed
Out to him ? A. I do not know.
As you were near the perfon of General
Whitelocke on the nth, have yon any opinion of what
induced General Whitelocke to remain flationary in
the rear, feparated from his army, inflead of forcing
his way to join them. to direa its future operations ?
A. It is imporfible for me to fay what motives attu-
ated him
efli
—I have formed no opinion.
Qilons by General WHITELOCKE.
Did the 6th Dragoon Guards and 9th Dragoons,
as as infantry, from their landing. at Enfenada, till
the treaty was figned ? A. They did.
Defcribe their arms ? A. Old carabines.
Qr.. What endeavours were made by General
Whaelocke in that period, or previoufly at Monte
Video, to fupply them with moikets and ammuni-
tion ? A. Till the at rival of General Crawford, we
had :so (pm arms. I do not know of any endea-
vour for the putpofe. On recolleition. I believe the •
9,11 Dragoons had mufkets ;the carabineers had eld
c rrabines.
Did you know, as Adjutant General, where
Colonel Mahon and his divifion were on the morniog
of the sth jolt'. A. I know that an order was fact
to Colonel Mahon to march from ReduCtion to Point
de Qnileaei.' but I did not know that order was re-
ceivid-till his arrival on the evening of the 6th.
QWhen General Whitelocke left the Coral on the
mooing of the 6th, to proceed to the Toroi. did the
enemy appear in any force about the Coral ? A. I
do pot recoiled feeing any force at that time about
the Coral-rra (mall Rraggling force attacked the pots.
after the departure of General Whitelocke,
Qt.. Was any other attempt made by the enemy
afterwards, doting your command at the Coral ? A.
This was the only one, and they were driven back
immediately.
Captain llama', Aid de camp, was called in.
Tie JUDGE ADVOCATE then intimated that he had
gone through the whole of the evidence, which he
withed to call in ; bur, that there might be every op.,
portunity of afcertaining any fates already hated, he,
Captain Browne, was there to anfwer any queftion
which the Members of the Court, or General White,
Incite. might like to put. No queflinn was put to,,
Captain Browne, and the Judge Advocate (haat•
the he had now clofed the evidence for the profecut ion."
The Juno' ADVOCATE silo hated that he did not„„t
think ii neceffary to call any evidepce as to the hate ,
of defence in which Monte Video tomcat the time of ,
the treaty concluded with General Liniers, as Gen.
Whitelocke had admitted that Monte Video was well
garrifoned. and not in any ttate of liege or blockade
by the -enemy.
General Wit sTsLocea being • then called upon to
fay when he Would be ready to enter upon his defence,
anfwered 0. on Monday next," and the Conn was
accorilingly adjourned to that day, Wog the seth
March, 1898.
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moppAy, wpm' 14.
DEFENCE.. •
General Winzeincitii commenced his defence. Iftv....
fore entering upon the immediate subject' of .inquiW,
he made a variety of preliminary observations, in
which he first stated, the.satisfaCtion which he felt in
being at length permitted to claim the att.-mien- and
indulgence of the Court. He had long looked forward
to this opportunity of explaining hi conduit in South
America, and the causes isleichid to lftnelmi4kTdati
constituted the subject Of the' iirieitilintiOW kfluei"':
titre. The disappointment of his " Bing
per"'
rated hint W iseet a strong and general feeling cot-TOVOnding with his own, the natural and 41MOStite..;
cessary attendant upon public disappointMent. -13 tie
!feeling conscious that he had zealo,uslyei&ristserivi tau
perforM his duty, it was *jth surprike and inOrtifica.,
tion that he found opinions hi his prejutfi4tneertaine4
hi higher quarters, and thnt:catum4ies, nijinriotli to his
character, had been made: tie stilkieet o(offiCial dis
cession.' Anderhen the Editors kifthe disily papers,'
on learning th 4 Government kid determined on an
invesgation of his conduct, actuated by a Sense of
• decent priqiwie4,7l -and Co:ninon juistice, iminediately
forbere 'an} *thee comments, a Subaltern "Odiccr
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