Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}514147S 57583W / 51.69639S 57.96750W / -51.69639; -57.96750, Razor's Edge, Hugh Bicheno, p. 288, Phoenix, 2007, Nick van der Bijl, Victory in the Falklands, p.199, Pen and Sword, 2007, Nine battles to Stanley, Nicholas Van der Bijl, p. 190, Leo Cooper, 30 September 1999, Patrick Bishop and John Witherow, The Winter War: Falklands Conflict, p. 133. [10] The 5th Marines worked their way back into Stanley, leaving M Company to cover the retreat. The Battle of Mount Tumbledown was an engagement during the Falklands War. An Air Force mobile Westinghouse AN/TPS-43 long-range radar had been positioned on Sapper Hill in April. This gave the guardsmen their first up-close look at their foes. The attack was supported by naval gunfire from HMS Active's 4.5 inch gun. The battle seesawed for a full day and a night. The Battle of Mount Tumbledown was an engagement during the Falklands War. It was absolutely horrific. Two members of 9 PARA Squadron, Royal Engineers, received Military Medals, and a helicopter pilot who repeatedly risked his life to transport wounded from the mountain during combat received the Distinguished Flying Cross. It was rugged going, over scree that gave way under the soldiers boots. The project "opened my eyes to a whole bigger picture of what happened in all areas of Tumbledown during battle," he added. J. M. Kneen and D. J. Sutton, "Marine Vince Comb, seventeen and a half years old and the youngest man in the troop, was the machine gunner and was hit by bullets in the wrist and arm. Port Stanley. The battle was depicted in the BBC television play Tumbledown, about the experiences of Robert Lawrence before, during and after the war. In preparing for the British attack, the Argentine marines had dug an intricate system of bunkers, familiarized themselves with the terrain and established a plan for coordinated fire support. He is the only conscript soldier in his nation's recent history who has received this honour. [55], A cross has been erected at the summit of the mountain as a memorial to the soldiers who died in the battle. [2], During the battle, the 5th Marines Command Post took five direct hits, but Commander Robacio emerged unscathed.[3]. The Battle of Mount Tumbledown was an engagement in the Falklands War, one of a series of battles that took place during the British advance towards Stanley. Four more men were wounded when they set off mines, in turn giving the Argentines a clear target for mortars and artillery. In the second phase, Left Flank (company) would pass through the area taken by G company to capture the centre of the summit. How the Falklands conflict shaped my identity, Falklands 'an open wound' says Argentina ambassador, Human error to blame for train crash - Greek PM, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. I went up through the roof and the vehicle went up and was turned right round by the explosion, recalled Major Brian Armitage who was shortly evacuated to receive medical treatment.[48]. Eventually, we got the artillery and started blasting away with everything else we had as well. They skirmished on, numbed by shock. Theres been no update to these figures over the last 13 years, or assessments of the numbers of Argentine veterans who took their own lives over what combat veteran Robert Lawrence remembers as a short, bloody, wet and dirty war, fought on the edge of the world.. Mystery surrounds the infamous burning of the Reichstag in 1933. A daytime assault was initially planned, but was postponed at the British battalion commander's request. The Battle of Mount Tumbledown was an engagement in the Falklands War, one of a series of battles that took place during the British advance towards Stanley. The Guards took 30 prisoners, several of them RI 6 soldiers. Major Price placed 1 Platoon high up in the rocks to provide fire support for the assault troops. The engagement was an attack by the British Army and the Royal Marines on the heights over-looking Stanley, the Falkland Islands capital. After colonial conflicts with France and Spain over the islands, Britain claimed sovereignty in 1774, landed troops to reassert its dominion in 1833 and formally established the Falklands as a Crown colony in 1840. A daytime assault was initially planned, but was postponed at the British battalion commander's request. He said the project had helped him "get through the journey without too many hiccups". These objects include cooking stands made from fencing wire, cut up oil drums for metal sheeting to construct shelters, bullets and bomb fragments. When he came to, the rest of the British soldiers had gone. Marine Captain Rodolfo Oscar Cionchi's M Company occupied Sapper Hill. Studying the memories of veterans alongside historical sources and the archaeological remains would enable a unique and "enhanced understanding of events", he explained. Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. After two hours of hard fighting, the company withdrew to its main defences on William and the British secured the position. Advancing out of the central region of Tumbledown Mountain, the British again came under heavy fire from the Argentinians, but by advancing in pairs under covering fire, they succeeded in clearing those RI 6 Company platoons as well, gaining firm control of the mountain's eastern side. The Argentine force that waited on Tumbledown was another breed entirely. To Guardsman Tracy Evens, the Sapper Hill positions looked impregnable: We were led to an area that the company would rest at for the night, I still took in the fact the Argies had prepared Sapper Hill well, they had depth positions that would have made the task of taking it very hard.[47]. I was going quite spare because I was supposed to have two batteries at my priority call. Ironically, many Britons at the time had no idea where the Falkland Islands were, let alone that they were part of the United Kingdom. Kiszely and six other Guardsmen suddenly found themselves standing on top of the mountain, looking down on Stanley which was under street lighting and vehicles could be seen moving along the roads. At 750 feet, the most challenging objective was Mount Tumbledown, a collection of crags, slabs and boulders that constituted an ideal defensive position. As they climbed, they came upon unoccupied Argentine tents that contained boxes of highly sophisticated IWS (individual weapon sight) night scopesthe absolute top grade, recalled Lawrence, more advanced than the ones we had ourselves. I heard Private Roberto Barboza yell "The English are here!" "I had been trying to get fire missions down on the retreating closely-packed formation of troops but was told that there was no artillery available. The researcher said the first-of-its-kind survey proved the positions taken up by the Argentine 5th Marine Battalion were more extensive than historical sources had indicated. Published Jun 12, 2022. For their performance in the battle, men of the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards, received two Distinguished Conduct Medals (one posthumously), two Military Medals, one Distinguished Service Order and two Military Crosses, one of which went to Lawrence. Nick van der Bijl. "It's been emotionally very hard and enjoyable and a pleasure all at the same time - just like the four seasons in one day of weather in the Falklands.". Each one who there his life laid down, Fearing a counter-attack, the British platoon withdrew into an undetected minefield, and were forced to abandon their dead. We were supposed to finish the attack and they would give us covering fire from Tumbledown During the night we followed the Scots Guards and then our CO told us to stop. We thought we had suffered before, but what luxury and comfort compared to this. The fighting was intense and brutal, with both sides suffering heavy casualties. The Battle of Mount Tumbledown was a night battle that lasted 12 hours. I took a rifle grenade and fired at where I had seen the first three men. The 4th Platoon, led by Sub-Lieutenant Carlos Daniel Vzquez, was dug in near the summit of Tumbledown, covering the western approaches to the peak. While the British boasted nearly three times as many ships, the Argentines held a 3-to-1 advantage in combat aircraft. When British troops eventually captured the heights above Port Stanley in fighting across 13 and 14 June, the Argentine occupying force promptly surrendered. Kiszely and six other Guardsmen suddenly found themselves standing on top of the mountain, looking down on Stanley which was under street lighting and vehicles could be seen moving along the roads. And never let men these acts forget, The decisive final battle of the war took place on Mount Tumbledown, Argentinian shoes in a rock sangar position, untouched for 40 years, Expended rifle round casings provide direct evidence of a moment in the battle, The project directors, Tim Clack and Tony Pollard, on the battlefield site, A 3D model of a section of Mount Tumbledown drone survey, Doug Farthing in a teaching session at the Falkland Islands Community School in Port Stanley, The remains of Argentine field kitchens known as ranchos at the eastern end of Tumbledown, Artist Douglas Farthing painted the mountain at the point of the advance, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. [6], For four or five hours, three platoons of Argentinian riflemen, machine gunners, and mortar men pinned the British down. According to Dhanbahadur Rai, a Gurkha: The Scots Guards were to attack Tumbledown, with the Gurkhas following behind. "We ran over a mine. A group of Sappers went ahead to clear a path through the mines, but when the Welsh Guardsmen advanced they found Sapper Hill abandoned. At 4.30 p.m., on 7 June 1982, a British Harrier bombing positions held by the 5th Marine Battalion was reportedly hit by concentrated fire from M Company (under Marine Sub-Lieutenant Rodolfo Cionchi) on Sapper Hill. The most comprehensive and authoritative history site on the Internet. Thus on April 2trumpeting the rationale that British control of the Falklands (or Malvinas, as they are known in Argentina) represented a throwback to the days of empirecommander in chief and de facto President Leopoldo Galtieri landed occupying forces in the Falklands capital, Port Stanley, and the next day on South Georgia in the South Sandwich Islands. From there 2 PARA was ordered to attack the Argentines at the Goose Green settlement. Major Oscar Ramon Jaimet's B (Bravo) Company, 6th Army Regiment was in reserve behind N Company. Thule Island. Scots Guards hotel is opening (wait for it ..) now", Apasionante documental sobre la Guerra de Malvinas, http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1362425-un-heroe-todos-los-heroes, "Part 53. By that time British forces had taken nearby Mount Harriet, Two Sisters Ridge anddespite prolonged Argentine artillery fire and heavy casualtiesMount Longdon. Wireless Ridge. Oscar Luis Jofre and Flix Roberto Aguiar, "A small counter-attack did now take place, but was driven off, but not without further casualties, including a mortar bomb which killed two stretcher-bearers tending to the wounded.". Ultimately, the British task force grew to more than 100 ships ferrying 8,000 ground troops to face Argentinas invasion force of some 14,000 soldiers. The initial advance was unopposed, but a heavy firefight broke out when British troops made contact with Argentinian defences. [22] The Westinghouse radar was also damaged, and would remain out of service for several days. "A patrol from G Squadron SAS commandeered a civilian yacht at Bluff Cove, had its engine repaired by army engineers and sailed east along the coast in broad daylight. The Argentinian sniper (in fact Private Luis Jorge Bordn or Walter Ignacio Becerra, according to La Madrid[18]), armed with a FAL rifle, had helped cover the Argentinean retreat, firing shots at a Scout helicopter evacuating wounded off Tumbledown and wounding two men (including Guardsman Kenny Mains). This attack began at 20.30, and, just two hours later, the western side of Tumbledown Mountain had been successfully captured. "Then some days later, a helicopter dropped in at battalion HQ containing an SAS patrol commanded by Corporal Nobby Noble of G Squadron, 22 SAS, and formerly of the Grenadier Guards. [60], There is a pipe march written by James Riddell of the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards [61] It is called The Crags Of Tumbledown Mountain. In 1982 the notoriously oppressive and much-beleaguered military junta that governed Argentina saw the seizure of the Falklands as an opportunity to distract its citizens from the many economic and human rights issues plaguing the country and to unite Argentines behind a self-justifying campaign. [12] The conflict itself was reasonably short, but very bloody. The Scots Guards were tasked with taking the mountain from a well-entrenched Argentine force. When these efforts failed, and it became obvious war was unavoidable, Washington announced an embargo on arms sales to Argentina, while providing Britain with war materiel. Six Royal Marines were wounded by mines and small-arms fire[41][42][43] securing Sapper Hill, including four Marines from 40 Commando, one Sapper from Condor Troop and a forward officer (Major Brian Armitage) from 3 Commando Brigade HQs. Men from 9 Para Squadron, Royal Engineers, were awarded two Military Medals and Captain Sam Drennan, the Army Air Corps Scout pilot who had picked up the injured soldiers under fire and a former Scots Guards NCO, received the Distinguished Flying Cross. I was shooting, doing my work. [30] Argentine sources claim that the aircraft was hit by AAA immediately after the attack. They also engaged us with light mortars and missile launchers. In the first phase, G company would take the western end of the mountain. Tumbledown tells of Lawrence's part in the Falklands War, for which he was awarded the Military Cross. At 2:30a.m., however, a second British assault overwhelmed the Argentinian defences. Isidoro Ruiz-Moreno. Remember then just what it was to be BRITISH AIRCRAFT LOST 22nd April 12th June 1982", Un ejemplo de opreracin conjunta: Hrcules y Panhard, "The Crags of Mount Tumbledown (Jimmy Riddell)", "Tumbledown Veterans And Families Association > Home", "Notes - Band of the Scots Guards - the Household Division - Official site", "Crags of Tumbledown Mountain, the | Pipetunes", In his first interview in 20 years, Robert Lawrence tells Mark Townsend how the trauma of battle reshaped his life, Reassessing the Fighting Performance of the Argentine 5th Marines, Taken from the diary of Guardsman Tracy Evens, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Mount_Tumbledown&oldid=1117859240, The 1st Platoon, under by Marine Second Lieutenant (. The next day, the 1st Assault Section (under First Lieutenant Jos Martiniano Duarte) from the 601st Commando Company checked the boat for hidden explosives, then brought it back to Port Stanley for closer examination.[24]. At 9 p.m., half an hour after the start of the diversionary attack, Major Iain Dalzel-Job's G Company started its advance of nearly two miles. On the eastern half of the mountain the platoon of conscripts of La Madrid were still holding out, so Colonel Scott ordered Right Flank to push on to clear the final positions. A group of Sappers from Condor Troop went ahead to clear a path through the mines, losing Sergeant Peter Thorpe badly wounded in the process. Lawrence lay on the frigid ground for hours before a helicopter arrived to evacuate him and the other wounded. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric'. VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. They also had been trained in night fightingand despite the assurances of the British PARAs, they didnt run. The platoon commander [Marine Sub-Lieutenant Carlos Daniel Vazquez] then called Private Ramon Rotela manning the 60 millimetre mortar and Rotela fired it straight up into the air so that the bombs landed on ourselves. Simultaneously the Major opened fire, killing him.[4]. However, another seven hours were to pass before the summit was reached, with fighting continuing until the morning of 14 June before it was announced that the British had managed to take the mountain. Finally, the PARAsdespite the death of their charismatic commander, Lt. Col. Herbert H Jonesgained the upper hand. One guardsman sought to scale a rock shielding an enemy sniper and was shot off it. List of aircraft of the Malaysian Armed Forces, (The Sinking of the Belgrano, Arthur Gavshon and Desmond Rice pg. [6], The Argentinians, later learned to be of company strength, directed mortar, grenade, machine gun and small arms fire from very close range at the British company, killing three British soldiers. Only the personal intervention of Colonel Flix Aguiar, the 10th Brigade Chief of Staff, brought the fighting to an end. But where the glory, where the pride, The fight for Goose Green was a bloody affair. Nick van der Bijl, "Cuando le orden al guardiamarina Davis: "Listo, nos vamos! And fought that night a bloody fight Halfway across the open ground 2 Platoon went to ground to give covering fire support, enabling us to gain a foothold on the enemy position. The British fired antitank rockets at enemy positions, but the Argentines held, raining down mortar and machine-gun fire on the guardsmen. Lance-Corporal Graham Rennie of 3 Platoon later described the British attack: Our assault was initiated by a Guardsman killing a sniper, which was followed by a volley of 66 mm anti-tank rounds. "There is still a lot of material out there, and if its location is recorded, it still has stories to tell," commented project co-director Prof Tony Pollard from Glasgow. Fue impresionante su actitud ofensiva.". Tumbledown was a key strategic position on the islands and its capture was essential for the British forces to . Meanwhile, two Royal Navy frigates, HMS Yarmouth and HMS Active, were pounding Tumbledown with their 4.5 inch guns. Once they had secured the western side of the island, the British would fight their way east to seize Port Stanley and effectively end the conflict. During the advance, they became bogged down in a minefield, which took them a very long and frustrating time to extract themselves from, after coming under fire from heavy mortars on Sapper Hill. This, Mr Eldridge said, brought "new, helpful and cathartic thoughts and feelings". By 9:00 a.m., the Scots Guards had gained the high ground east of Tumbledown Mountain and the Gurkhas commenced deploying across the heavily shelled saddle from Tumbledown south to Mount William, which they took with the loss of eight wounded. A British Harrier was claimed to be hit by concentrated fire from M Company, on 7 June. Forty years of exposure to the Falklands' harsh climate takes its toll. On the morning of 13 June, the Scots Guards were moved by helicopter from their position at Bluff Cove to an assembly area near Goat Ridge, west of Mount Tumbledown. On Mount William's southern slopes, one of the tanks was taken out of action by a booby trap. The initial advance was unopposed, but a heavy firefight broke out when British troops made contact with Argentinian defences. The battle started at about 830 pm on 13 June, beginning with a diversion, since the argentines are fond of diversion. 47), Nine battles to Stanley, Nicholas Van der Bijl, p.190, Leo Cooper, 30/09/1999, Patrick Bishop and John Witherow, The Winter War: Falklands Conflict, p. 133, Malvinas: La Defensa de Puerto Argentino, Oscar Luis Jofre & Flix Roberto Aguiar, page 262, Editorial Sudamericana, 1987, Malvinas: La Defensa de Puerto Argentino, Oscar Luis Jofre & Flix Roberto Aguiar, page 275, Editorial Sudamericana, 1987, Our Falklands war: The Men of The Task Force Tell Their Story, Geoffrey Underwood, p.70, Maritime Books, 1983, 1st Battalion, 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles, Argentine Nation to the Valour in Combat Medal, Attenshun! The Argentinians opened fire, killing two British soldiers and wounding four others. Based on the experiences of Lieutenant Robert Lawrence, M.C.. Today David said: "Initially I was posted there in 1982 and I was involved in the training of battalion soldiers for the operation in the Falklands. In a meeting with his company commanders the consensus was that the long uphill assault across the harsh ground of Tumbledown would be suicidal in daylight. Seeing an enemy soldier on the ground to his front, he bayoneted the man, later noting, He spun wildlyand my bayonet snapped. Using the only weapon he had, Lawrence recalled, I stabbed him and I stabbed him, again and again, in the mouth, in the face, in the guts, with a snapped bayonet. "The models and the surveyed data also act as a digital archive of the condition of the battlefield and the remains, before they deteriorate and are lost forever," Dr Eve said. The Battle of Mount Tumbledown By Regan Brands Significance Freed the Argentinean people from a harsh military rule. The Argentinians opened fire, killing two British soldiers and wounding four others. On 1 May, a Royal Navy bombardment of Sapper Hill killed Private Daniel Cabiglioli (from M Company). I can remember lying there with all this firing going over my head. While taking up new positions on Sapper Hill, Sergeant Vctor Hugo Jurez from 5th Marine Battalion HQs, Private Vicente Antonio Daz from the 1st Amphibious Engineers Company and Private Ricardo Ramrez from the 81mm Mortar Platoon on Mount William are also killed in the fierce British bombardment and long-range retaliatory machinegun and small-arms fire from Neame's company on Wireless Ridge. The team undertook a detailed drone survey of a number of areas of the battlefield to quickly and accurately record what currently survives in the field. This close-quarters night battle was later dramatised in the BBC film Tumbledown. As La Madrid withdrew after suffering five killed,[7] the platoons under Second Lieutenant Aldo Franco and Guillermo Robredo moved in from the eastern edge of the mountain to try to help La Madrid and the Marine 2nd platoon (under Second Lieutenant Marcelo Oruezabala) holding the saddle between Mounts Tumbledown and William. HistoryLearning.com. Stabbing a man to death is not a clean way to kill somebody., Lawrence then picked up the dead mans rifle, and using its IWS to enhance his night vision, shot a sniper and took that mans weapon as well. Marine First Class Private Jos Luis Fazio fought against Bethell's force: At about 2230 hours our battalion had its first intensive gun battle with British companies which appeared out of nowhere. HistoryNet.com contains daily features, photo galleries and over 25,000 articles originally published in our nine magazines. Coordinates: 514147S 57583W / 51.69639S 57.9675W / -51.69639; -57.9675. Read about our approach to external linking. But Was He Drugged Into Confessing? Did surely speed the warring parties pact. Cold, exhausted and running low on ammunition, the Argentines finally surrendered. The British plan called for a diversionary attack south of Mount Tumbledown by a small number of the Scots Guards assisted by the four light tanks of the Blues and Royals, whilst the main attack came as a three-phase silent advance from the west of Mount Tumbledown. [37] Earlier on, a Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre patrol under Sergeant David Lazenby had penetrated the frozen minefield to secure a landing zone for the British helicopters. There the group observed virtual and live firing demonstrations using rifles and pistols, before spending a night under the stars to try out night vision devices. [9], Meanwhile two Royal Navy frigates, HMS Yarmouth and Active, were pounding Tumbledown with their 4.5inch guns. The actual fighting lasted only a matter of weeks but claimed more than 900 lives. When he returned to civilization after seven weeks, he was accused of desertion by the media and fellow soldiers. During the battle, Guardsman Philip Williams was knocked unconscious by an explosion, and left for dead. In the most ferocious fighting of the battle, seven guardsmen died while trying for the summit. Such was the bravery of the British troops during the Battle for Mount Tumbledown that a number of medals, including 2 Military Crosses and 2 Distinguished Conduct Medals, were awarded following the conflict. Web. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . The Falklands presented a more daunting challenge. A Scots Guardsman. The Battle of Mount Tumbledown was an engagement of the Falklands War which took place on the 13th/14th June 1982, and was part of a series of battles that took place during the advance towards Port Stanley.The British force consisted of the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards with mortar detachments from 42 Commando, Royal Marines and the 1/7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles with support from . To its great surprise the company met with practically no resistance and quickly secured its objective. [4] The barrage lasted for about forty minutes and more British casualties would have been inflicted if the mortar bombs had not landed on soft peat, which absorbed most of the power of the explosions. The Argentinians, in the form of their 6th Infantry Regiment's B Company, now counter-attacked and a burst of machine gun fire from the 3rd Platoon of Second Lieutenant Augusto La Madrid injured three British men, including Lieutenant Alasdair Mitchell, commander of 15 Platoon. However, when the Royal Marines and Welsh Guardsmen advanced they found Sapper Hill abandoned. We ran over a mine. Seeing their company commander among the Argentinians inspired 14 and 15 Platoons to make the final dash across open ground to get within bayoneting distance of the remaining 4th Platoon Marines. Argentine Panhard armoured cars were moved forward to the edge of Stanley to cover the retreating troops. But Galtieri was also gambling the British had long since lost interest in the Falkland and South Sandwich Islands and would look the other way. For four or five hours, a mixed bag of Marine/Army defenders representing six platoons of Argentinian infantry, engineers and one platoon of mortar men on Tumbledown pinned the British down. Ron Soodalter has written for Americas Civil War, Civil War Times, Wild West and Smithsonian. 40 years ago on the night of 13-14 June 1982, the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards launched an assault and captured Mount Tumbledown, during the Falklands War, in a . Marine Sub-Lieutenant Hctor Mino's 5th Platoon (1st Amphibious Engineer Company), held the rocks behind Sub-Lieutenant Carlos Vzquez's 4th Platoon, N Company. The initial advance was unopposed, but a heavy firefight broke out when British troops made contact with Argentine defences. While this might well describe a scenario from World War I, the date was in fact June 13, 1982, and the trenches in which the British troops huddled were carved not across some stretch of French countryside but into near-frozen tundra by the base of Mount Tumbledown in the subarctic Falkland Islands. + Follow. Major Price placed 1 Platoon high up in the rocks to provide fire support for the assault troops. Painting from the landscape, working with the team and local people created a "powerful" connection, he said. They had been waiting for it, it had passed several times through a sort of air corridor to the airport. Major Simon Price sent 2 and 3 Platoons forward, preceded by a barrage of 66mm rockets to clear the Argentine reinforcements. Geoffrey Underwood, Our Falklands War: The Men of the Task Force Tell Their Story, p. 42, Maritime Books, 1983, "9 Troop were inadvertently set down 3km east of the intended landing zone, and were on Sapper Hill. Williams' parents were informed that he had died and a memorial service was held for him. The British plan called for a diversionary attack south of Mount Tumbledown by a small number of the Scots Guards, assisted by the four light tanks of the Blues and Royals, whilst the main attack came as a three-phase silent advance from the west of Mount Tumbledown. 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