595:. The position covered 4,000 yards (3,700 m) of farm buildings and scraps of trench, 3rd Coldstream on the right, 4th Grenadiers in the centre, and 12th KOYLI on the left, with 2nd Irish Guards in reserve. On the morning of 13 April the enemy pushed forward under cover of morning mist. 2nd Irish Guards received a report that the enemy had broken through between the Coldstream and Grenadiers: No 3 Company was sent forward, but was never heard of again. It was presumably surrounded and wiped out as the enemy lapped round the brigade's left where other troops had retired. The enemy attacked in strength in the afternoon, and the line was broken into individual detachments, the 12th KOYLI being blown out of its trenches at Vieux-Berquin by enemy artillery. The right of the battalion fell back 500 yards (460 m) but the left held firm and its enfilade fire caused heavy losses on the Germans attempting to advance beyond the village.A German armoured car (captured from the Italians) appeared on a road opposite the right, but was driven off. A gap in the Irish Guards' line was filled with the men of the Trench Mortar Battery and a company of 1st
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report that the
Germans had broken through to south, so he moved 4th Grenadier Guards to the threatened flank wheres they fortified Quesnoy Farm and got into contact with the neighbouring 40th Division (the report was exaggerated). Soon afterwards, communications between the brigades and Divisional HQ broke down, and Ardee found himself commanding all three brigades for a while. Later orders came through from Divisional HQ to extend the defensive flank to the south even further, but Ardee considered it out of the question with the troops he had; soon afterwards the report of the German breakthrough was contradicted.
506:, just arrived, was in support. The German infantry attacked at 07.30, driving in the outposts, but was forced back with heavy casualties by the Guards' fire and then a counter-attack. Another failed attempt was made at 09.00, and a third at 10.30 after an hour's artillery bombardment, which got close to 3rd Grenadier Guards' positions, but all failed. Masses of infantry in marching order were observed crossing the skyline and were shot down in large numbers before they reached the line. Afterwards figures could be seen running in every direction. 31st Division's commander even sent up his pioneer battalion (12th
448:, which had come up to fill the gap to the south. For hours afterwards lost groups of Germans were wandering around or hiding amongst the positions and had to be rounded up. Although German artillery and aircraft were active, there was no attack on this front during 25 March, though the Guards Division half a mile (800 m) to the north was attacked. This attack was destroyed by British artillery fire, and the watching troops of 4th Gds Bde complained that they were not given a fair chance to use their rifles against this target.
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471:. 3rd Grenadier Guards was stationed on the high ground south west of the village, 4th Grenadier Guards in its rear, and 2nd Irish Guards on the hilly spur to the north east. Ayette itself was not occupied, the crossfire from the spurs behind being relied on for its defence. All three battalions began digging in. However, in falling back a gap had opened up between the two divisions, and at daybreak Moyenneville was found to be unoccupied. The Germans quickly seized it, but
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were temporarily retained as the third battalion. The back areas and forest were heavily shelled with mustard gas by the
Germans, forcing the troops out into the fields. On 17–18 April 4th Gds and 92nd Bdes relieved an Australian brigade in the reserve line, where they worked on improving the defences of Hazebrouck. Then on 19 April they moved up through the forest into the support line along its fringe. Here they were repeatedly shelled with gas: the
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The brigade now found itself with enemy troops pushing into the gaps on either flank. Two companies of 2nd Irish Guards extended the
Grenadiers' line, while on the left the gap was blocked by 31st Division's pioneer, battalion, 12th KOYLI, which was placed under Butler's command. Although 12th KOYLI were pushed back a little, they formed a defensive flank and 4th Gds Bde held onto its positions until nightfall, though casualties were heavy.
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firing at enemy troops manoeuvring in their front as the
Germans tried to attack the Australians, but the Guards themselves were not troubled. That was the last attack in the sector: the enemy thrust on Hazebrouck had been halted. The brigade was relieved on the night of 14/15 April, having suffered casualties of 39 officers and 1244 other ranks between 12 and 14 April, leaving only 250 fit men. Field Marshal Sir
510:(KOYLI)) ready to make a counter-attack. Another German attack in the afternoon was broken up solely by British field artillery fire, and a final unsuccessful attempt was made to break through at Ayette at 18.45. Although sniping and patrolling continued, the German offensive had ended in this sector, and 31st Division was relieved on 31 March. 4th Guards Bde went back to
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withdrew through 4th Gds Bde, which was holding good trenches 2,000 yards (1,800 m) in their rear. A large German force formed up on an airfield near Ayette, with the intention of following up, but it was dispersed by artillery fire. After that the attacks stopped and nothing more needed to be done other than fill gaps in the line. Ardee was
573:. 2nd Irish Guards in reserve came in for particular attention. At about 08.00 strong bodies of German infantry advanced, but they were driven back by rifle and machine gun fire before they could reach the trenches of the Grenadiers and Coldstream. The brigade was then ordered to advance to prevent the enemy using the
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Hand to hand fighting followed, and some
Germans got through to Ervillers, but with the help of 40th Division's reserve, 4th Gds Bde was able to restore the line. By morning, 4th Gds and the weak units of 119th Bde, much mixed up and all under the command of Lord Ardee, held a defensive flank along the Ervillers–
417:, and during the night of 23/24 March 31st Division sideslipped about 1,000 yards (910 m) in that direction. The trenches were part of the 'Army Line' or 'Green Line', but had only been dug to a depth of about 3 feet (1 m). On 24 March the enemy massed to make their main effort against the village of
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road. 3rd
Coldstream Guards immediately came under heavy crossfire from a village that had been reported clear of the enemy. Nevertheless it advanced about 400 yards (370 m), while the right of 4th Grenadiers was stopped by German artillery and machine guns sweeping a stream crossing in front.
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reported that his left flank company of 4th
Grenadiers was surrounded and fighting back to back; an Irish Guards company sent to assist was also surrounded, and reduced to one non-commissioned officer (NCO) and six men by the end of the day. Pryce and his company held on until ammunition ran out in
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tactics rather than mass attacks) and maintained a continuous attack on 31st
Division's front for five hours. 92nd Brigade held on at Ayette with support from two companies of 4th Grenadier Guards. By now the Germans had established themselves on both flanks, and at dusk the 92nd and 93rd brigades
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the line in an attempt to obtain prisoners or other identification of the new formation that had appeared opposite them. The raid failed as the 4th
Grenadiers in the front line 'dealt rudely' with the intruders, but the couple of hours of fighting with artillery support was a good rehearsal of the
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4th Guards Bde was taken back to billets behind the forest by buses – some of which were destroyed by enemy shellfire – and reorganised over the next few days. 4th
Grenadiers and 3rd Coldstream could only muster two companies each and were temporarily amalgamated, while the pioneers of 12th KOYLI
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and form a pivot for these formations. 2nd Irish Guards moved round behind 4th Gds Bde to take over trenches that had already been dug by 3rd Coldstream Guards. However, the Germans attacked at 22.00, just as 119th Bde was withdrawing, and they entered the trenches at the same time as the Guards.
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of 31st Division was also heavily attacked north of the Sensée, and in the afternoon there were reports that the Germans had broken through here and were in rear of 4th Gds Bde, but these were false. However, the divisions further south were being forced back, and during the night 4th Gds Bde was
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of 93rd Bde put in a surprise counter-attack and regained the village. A much stronger German attack in the afternoon, with artillery support, drove the West Yorkshires out again, but reinforced by a company of 2nd Irish Guards, they clung onto a position round the village. Lord Ardee received a
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had now arrived by train at Hazebrouck, and coming forward made contact with 4th Gds Bde's left. The survivors of 4th Gds Bde fell back about a mile to the Australian outpost line, where they were collected together and remained in the line on the Australians' right. They spent all next morning
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and staff captain of 4th Gds were both affected and evacuated on 22 April, followed by Brig-Gen Butler two days later. Lieutenant-Col Alexander assumed temporary command once more. On the night of 23/24 April, 2 officers and 80 men of Nos 2 & 4 Companies 2nd Irish Guards, supported by an
210:, distinguishing itself at the Defence of Nieppe Forest. Taken out of the line after its heavy casualties, the brigade spent the last months of the war as General Headquarters Troops, including a period as a motorised column, before being broken up in the Guards Division after the
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any attack on Ervillers. The battalions (particularly 2nd Irish Guards) held their fire until the German troops had pushed well forward, and then overwhelmed them with rifles and machine guns positioned on the forward slope of the Ervillers spur. The attack faded away.
546:). During the night of 10/11 April, 31st Division was ordered from GHQ Reserve to join First Army, but although 4th Gds Bde received its orders at midnight, the buses did not arrive until 09.00, and it was not until 12 hours later that the brigade reached
534:(Irish Guards) arrived to take command of the brigade, and reinforcement drafts for the shattered battalions joined from the UK. The rest period ended after the Germans launched the second phase of their spring offensive on 9 April. This came in against
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artillery, machine gun and trench mortar barrage, raided Beaulieu Farm taking some 25 prisoners and causing significant damage, for casualties of 7 slightly wounded. The brigade was then relieved and spent three weeks at
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the evening. They then made two bayonet charges in an attempt to break out: only one man got away. However, the last enemy thrust was successfully held off by 3rd Coldstream Guards and the battalion HQ of 4th Grenadiers.
270:(BEF) reduced all its British infantry brigades from four to three battalions. Many of the war-formed battalions thus released were broken up for reinforcements, but the three Guards battalions were assembled into a new
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of 2nd Irish Guards taking temporary command of the brigade. Next morning the Germans persisted in attacking what was now a strongly-held position. 4th Guards Bde was in front with a battalion of 93rd Bde, and
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road, coming under enemy artillery fire. The column reached Gouy-le-Catelet on 11 October, but took no part in the operations. It was broken up on 16 October, and the two Guards battalions returned to Criel.
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in front of the forest was sent to relieve the Guards during the night, but could not complete the relief before daylight. After dark the Guards dug in where they could, assisted by 210th Field Company,
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as its objective. Although the hoped-for cavalry breakthrough did not materialise on 8 October, and the column was bombed by German aircraft, it was employed next day. In conjunction with the
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river under intermittent shellfire and using rifle fire to prevent enemy parties from massing in front or penetrating round the flanks. Heavier fighting had been going on further south round
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550:. The other two brigades of the division had already been in action all afternoon. However, as soon as the men of 4th Gds Bde, tired after their disrupted journey, had got into
421:, standing on the Mory spur, the capture of which would render the Green Line untenable. 4th Guards Bde formed a defensive flank facing southeast to guard the Sensée valley and
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sector. The battalions now began to be used to supply reinforcements to those in Guards Division and became progressively weaker. On 11–12 June the brigade was moved to the
1435:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1947/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1993, ISBN 1-870423-06-2/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2021, ISBN 978-1-78331-624-3.
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road to make contact with any friendly troops still in front and came under fire. By morning the brigade was in line, filling the gap between two brigades of
1413:, London: Macmillan, 1935/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1995, ISBN 0-89839-219-5/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84574-725-1.
1424:, London: Macmillan, 1937/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1995, ISBN 1-87042394-1/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84574-726-8.
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on 17 November. There brigade HQ and the TMB were broken up, and the three battalions rejoined their original brigades. Guards Division then advanced to
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On 20 May, 4th Gds Bde was transferred from 31st Division to GHQ Reserve, being replaced in the division by a new 94th Bde reconstructed from dismounted
409:. 34th Division had been forced back to the rear of its Battle Zone, but there was little activity on 23 March, 4th Gds Bde holding a line astride the
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sector of the British line. After a few days' training, the brigade went up into the line on the night of 17 February. Two nights later the Germans
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562:, with 3rd Coldstream Guards on the right and 4th Grenadier Guards on the left. The ground was flat, intersected by hedges and lanes, with the
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650:. 4th Guards Bde was moved by bus and train to the Third Army area, where it was sent to work on the 'GHQ Line' of final defences in front of
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Next day, 27 March, the early German advances were held off by artillery fire, but soon after 11.00 German infantry came 'dribbling' forward (
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from 95th Bde. Another gap in the line was blocked by the Irish Guards and the support company of 3rd Coldstream, only 30 strong. Captain
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where it established a Young Officers' School under the brigade commander. 2nd Irish Guards was already acting as an NCO training unit.
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had been evacuated, and during the night of 25/26 March 31st and Guards Divisions swung back in conformity. Their new line ran from
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At daylight the German artillery began bombarding the position, guided by observation balloons, in preparation to break through to
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554:, orders arrived to rouse them and send them to restore the position in front. No 2 Company Irish Guards was sent south down the
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However, although the Ervillers pivot was still firmly held, Third Army had been forced back both north and south,
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293:' formation that had suffered terrible casualties on the Somme. The new brigade had the following organisation:
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1391:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1934/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-38-X.
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opened on 21 March 1918, 31st Division was in GHQ reserve, with 4th Gds Bde in the area of
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of 94th Bde, some men of which had also been drafted to the Grenadier Guards.
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praised the brigade's defence and Capt Pryce was awarded a posthumous
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History of the 12th Service Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment
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area to work on the defences there. Then on 6 July it moved to
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Wood in case the Germans renewed their offensive in the Arras–
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during the afternoon and had to be evacuated, Lt-Col the Hon
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1449:, Barnsley, Pen & Sword, 2013, ISBN 978-1-84884-469-8.
274:. This was formed on 8 February 1918 under the command of
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The Irish Guards in the Great War: The Second Battalion
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during the last year of the war. It fought during the
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Infantry brigades of the British Army in World War I
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26th September–11th November, The Advance to Victory
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1422:March–April: Continuation of the German Offensives
723:and the corps cyclists, it pushed forwards up the
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321:joined Brigade Headquarters (HQ) 11 February 1918
1411:The German March Offensive and its Preliminaries
514:, having lost 14 officers and 372 other ranks.
1119:Edmonds, Vol I, pp. 253, 324, 389, 442–6, 487.
566:Forest behind and to the right of the Guards.
522:31st Division was sent to rest billets in the
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768:The brigade had the following commanders:
744:Hostilities ended on 11 November when the
1146:Edmonds, Vol I, pp. 487–8, 491–2, 528–30.
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1002:"Guards Division at Regimental Warpath"
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721:Household Cavalry Machine Gun Battalion
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1069:"31st Division at Regimental Warpath"
526:area, with 4th Gds Bde in and around
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990:Guards Division at Long, Long Trail.
867:Brigadier-General Hon. L.J.P. Butler
542:, and was widened on 10 April (the
508:King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
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1057:31st Division at Long, Long Trail.
854:Lieutenant-Colonel R.B.J. Crawfurd
226:Cap badge of the Coldstream Guards
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1447:Accrington's Pals: The Full Story
1218:Edmonds, Vol II, pp. 159, 227–34.
673:counter-offensive had begun (the
597:Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
473:15th/17th West Yorkshire Regiment
186:was an infantry formation of the
1530:Guards Division (United Kingdom)
1508:The Regimental Warpath 1914–1918
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1416:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds,
1299:Edmonds, Vol II, pp. 364, 373.
1191:Headlam, pp. 62–3, 66–7, 75–6.
1182:Edmonds, Vol II, pp. 37–8, 60.
540:Portuguese Expeditionary Corps
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234:Cap badge of the Irish Guards
36:8 February – 17 November 1918
697:Honourable Artillery Company
560:50th (Northumbrian) Division
268:British Expeditionary Force
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1454:British Regiments 1914–18
1438:Lt-Col Cuthbert Headlam,
962:Headlam, Vol 2, pp. 37–8.
758:British Army of the Rhine
683:4th Guards Brigade Column
630:, between Hazebrouck and
617:for his gallant defence.
530:. Here, Brig-Gen the Hon
345:4th Guards Brigade TMB –
692:3rd Bn Coldstream Guards
669:In September, after the
518:Defence of Nieppe Forest
142:Defence of Nieppe Forest
1092:Sparling, pp. 115, 119.
1036:Becke, Pt 3b, pp. 11–9.
953:Edmonds, Vol I, p. 319.
944:Becke, Pt 1, pp. 25–31.
825:Brigadier-General Hon.
689:4th Bn Grenadier Guards
606:1st Australian Division
538:, breaking through the
383:German spring offensive
347:formed on 18 March 1918
208:German spring offensive
119:German spring offensive
746:Armistice with Germany
675:Hundred Days Offensive
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1476:Richard A. Sparling,
1374:Becke, Part 3b, p. 12
1290:Sparling, pp. 119–20.
890:United Kingdom portal
832:gassed, 24 April 1918
797:gassed, 27 March 1918
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315:94th Signal Section,
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130:First Battle of Arras
1500:The Long, Long Trail
1342:Kipling, pp. 179–80.
1317:Kipling, pp. 179–80.
1164:Kipling, pp. 167–70.
198:and served with the
18:4th (Guards) Brigade
1281:Kipling, pp. 173–7.
1272:Headlam, pp. 82–91.
1245:Kipling, pp. 170–3.
1227:Headlam, pp. 78–82.
1173:Milner, pp. 273–80.
1137:Kipling, pp. 166–7.
1128:Headlam, pp. 46–54.
1110:Kipling, pp. 165–6.
1101:Headlam, pp. 37–40.
1008:on 15 February 2013
980:Kipling, pp. 164–5.
465:Boisleux-Saint-Marc
1356:Kipling, p. 185–9.
1333:Headlam, pp. 92–3.
1308:Headlam, pp. 91–2.
1254:Milner, p. 280–84.
1155:Headlam, pp. 57–9.
1075:on 4 November 2013
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807:Lieutenant-Colonel
648:Palestine campaign
544:Battle of Estaires
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397:Battle of Bapaume
327:Machine Gun Corps
305:Coldstream Guards
276:Brigadier-General
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