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Battle of Assaye
The Battle of Assaye was a major battle of the Second
Battle of Assaye
Anglo-Maratha War fought between the Maratha Empire and
the British East India Company.[4] It occurred on 23 Part of the Second Anglo-Maratha War
September 1803 near Assaye in western India where an
outnumbered Indian and British force under the command of
Major General Arthur Wellesley (who later became the Duke
of Wellington) defeated a combined Maratha army of Daulat
Scindia and the Raja of Berar. The battle was the Duke of
Wellington's first major victory and the one he later described
as his finest accomplishment on the battlefield, even more so
than his more famous victories in the Peninsular War, and his
defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo.

From August 1803, Wellesley's army and a separate force Major General Wellesley (mounted)
under the command of his subordinate Colonel James commanding his troops at the Battle of Assaye
Stevenson had been pursuing the Maratha cavalry-based army (J.C. Stadler after W.Heath)
which threatened to raid south into Hyderabad. After several
Date 23 September 1803
weeks of pursuit and countermarching, Scindia reinforced the
combined Maratha army with his modernized infantry and Location near Assaye, India
artillery as the British forces closed in on his position. Result British victory

Wellesley received intelligence indicating the location of the Belligerents

Maratha encampment on 21 September and devised a plan British East India Maratha Empire:
whereby his two armies would converge on the Maratha Company
position three days later. Wellesley's force, however, Daulat Scindia
encountered the Maratha army – which was under the Raghoji Bhonsle
command of Colonel Anthony Pohlmann, a German formerly
Commanders and leaders
in British service – 6 miles (9.7 km) farther south than he
anticipated. Although outnumbered, Wellesley resolved to Arthur Wellesley Anthony Pohlmann
attack at once, believing that the Maratha army would soon Strength
move off. Both sides suffered heavily in the ensuing battle; 9,500, (including two 10,800 European trained
Maratha artillery caused large numbers of casualties among British infantry Indian infantry
Wellesley's troops but the vast numbers of Maratha cavalry regiments and one 10,000–20,000 Irregular
proved largely ineffective. A combination of bayonet and cavalry regiment) Infantry
cavalry charges eventually forced the Maratha army to retreat 17 cannon 30,000–40,000 Irregular
with the loss of most of their guns, but Wellesley's army was Cavalry
too battered and exhausted to pursue. 100+ cannon

Wellesley's victory at Assaye, preceded by the capture of Casualties and losses

Ahmednagar and followed by victories at Argaon and 1,602 total 6,000 killed and wounded
Gawilghur, resulted in the defeat of Scindia and Berar's 428 killed[1] approx.[2][3]
armies in the Deccan. Wellesley's progress in the Deccan was 1,156 wounded[1] 98 cannon lost
matched by Lieutenant General Gerard Lake's successful 18 missing[1]
campaigns in Northern India and led to the British becoming
the dominant power in the heartlands of India.

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Contents
Background
Prelude
Maratha reinforcements
Battle
Initial manoeuvres
British infantry attack
Culmination
Aftermath
In fiction
References
Bibliography

Background
Feuding between the two dominant powers within the Maratha Empire,
Yashwant Rao Holkar and Daulat Rao Scindia, led to civil war at the turn of
the 19th century.[5] The hostilities culminated in the Battle of Poona in
October 1802 where Holkar defeated a combined army of Scindia and Baji
Rao II – the Peshwa and nominal overlord of the Maratha Empire. Scindia
retreated into his dominions to the north, but Baji Rao was driven from his
territory and sought refuge with the East India Company at Bassein. He
appealed to the Company for assistance, offering to accept its authority if
he were restored to his principality at Poona.[6] Lord Mornington, the
ambitious Governor-General of British India, seized on the opportunity to
extend Company influence into the Maratha Empire which he perceived as
the final obstacle to British paramountcy over the Indian subcontinent.[7]
The Treaty of Bassein was signed in December 1802 whereby the Company
agreed to restore Baji Rao in return for control over his foreign affairs and Lord Mornington, the Governor-
General of British India between
a garrison of 6,000 Company troops permanently stationed in Poona.[8]
1798 and 1805, oversaw a rapid
The restoration was commanded by Lord Mornington’s younger brother,
expansion of British territory in India.
Major General Arthur Wellesley, who in March 1803 marched on Poona
from Mysore with 15,000 Company troops and 9,000 Hyderabad allies.[8]
Wellesley entered Poona without opposition on 20 April, and Baji Rao was formally restored to his throne on 13
May.[9][10]

The treaty gave offence to the other Maratha leaders, who deemed that the system of subsidiary alliances with the
British was an unwarranted interference into their affairs and fatal to the independent Maratha states. The Maratha
leaders refused to submit to the Peshwa's authority and tensions were raised further when Holkar raided into
Hyderabad in May, claiming that the Nizam of Hyderabad (a British ally) owed him money.[11] Mornington
consequently engaged the various Maratha chieftains in negotiations. Lieutenant Colonel John Collins was sent to
Scindia's camp to discuss his objections and propose a defensive alliance.[12] However, Scindia had formed a military
alliance with the Rajah of Berar with a view to bringing the Maratha leaders into a coalition against the British, and
had begun to mass his forces on the Nizam's border.[13] Wellesley, who had been given control over the Company's
military and political affairs in central India in June, demanded Scindia declare his intentions and withdraw his forces

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or face the prospect of war.[14] After a protracted period of negotiations, Collins reported to Wellesley on 3 August that
Scindia refused to give an answer and would not withdraw his troops.[15] Wellesley's response was to declare war on
Scindia and Berar "in order to secure the interests of the British government and its allies".[16]

Prelude
The East India Company attacked the two principal Maratha forces of Scindia and the Raja of Berar from the north
and the south. Of the other Maratha leaders, Holkar was hesitant to enter the war in cooperation with his rival,
Scindia, and remained aloof from the hostilities, and the Gaekwad of Baroda placed himself under British
protection.[6] Operations in the north were directed by Lieutenant General Gerard Lake who entered Maratha territory
from Cawnpore to face Scindia's main army which was commanded by the French mercenary, Pierre Perron. A second
British force under the command of Major General Wellesley confronted a combined army of Scindia and Berar in the
Deccan. Wellesley was determined to gain the initiative through offensive action and told his senior subordinate,
Colonel James Stevenson, that "a long defensive war would ruin us and will answer no purpose whatever".[17]

The Maratha army in the Deccan was largely composed of fast-moving cavalry able to live off the land. Consequently,
Wellesley planned to work in conjunction with a separate force under Colonel Stevenson to enable his slower troops to
outmanoeuvre the Maratha army and force it into a position where it could not avoid a pitched battle.[18] Stevenson
was despatched from Hyderabad with an army of some 10,000 men to Jafarabad to deny Scindia and Berar the chance
to raid east into the Nizam's territory. In the meantime, Wellesley moved north from his camp near the Godavari River
on 8 August with some 13,500 troops and headed towards Scindia's nearest stronghold – the walled town and fort at
Ahmednuggur.[17] The bulk of his forces were Company troops from Mysore: five sepoy infantry battalions of the
Madras Native Infantry and three squadrons of Madras Native Cavalry. The core contingent of British Army regulars
included cavalry from the 19th Light Dragoons and two battalions of Scottish infantry from the 74th and 78th
Regiment of Foot. Irregular light cavalry were also provided by the Company's Mysore and Maratha allies.[19]

Wellesley reached Ahmednagar later the same day after a 7-mile (11 km) march and immediately ordered an escalade
assault on the town rather than enter into a time-consuming siege. The walled town, which was garrisoned by 1,000
Arab mercenaries, upwards of 60 cannon and one of Scindia’s infantry battalions under the command of French
officers, was captured with minimal losses after a brief action.[17][20] The adjacent fort's defenders capitulated four
days later once the walls were breached by British artillery.[21] With the fortification providing a logistics base and
point of support for future operations into Maratha territory, Wellesley installed a garrison and headed north towards
the Nizam's city of Aurungabad. Along the way he captured Scindia’s other possessions south of the Godavari and
established a series of guarded bridges and ferries along the river to maintain his communication and supply
lines.[18][22]

Maratha reinforcements
The Marathas slipped past Stevenson and advanced on Hyderabad. After receiving reports of their movement on 30
August, Wellesley hurried east down to the Godavari to intercept.[23] Stevenson, meanwhile, marched westwards to
the Maratha city of Jalna which he took by storm.[24] Scindia learned of Wellesley's intentions and returned to a
position north of Jalna. Unable to make a clean break from the pursuing British he abandoned plans to raid into
Hyderabad and instead assembled his infantry and artillery.[23] The combined Maratha army was around 50,000
strong, the core of which was 10,800 well equipped regular infantry organised into three brigades, trained and
commanded by European adventurer and mercenary officers.[25] Colonel Anthony Pohlmann, a Hanoverian and
former East India Company sergeant, commanded the largest brigade with eight battalions.[25] A further brigade with
five battalions was provided by Begum Samru, and was commanded on her behalf by a Frenchman, Colonel Jean
Saleur. The third brigade had four battalions and was commanded by Dutchman, Major John James Dupont.[19] In
addition, the Maratha force included 10,000–20,000 of Berar's irregular infantry,[25] some 30,000–40,000 irregular
light cavalry and over 100 guns ranging in size from one to 18-pounders.[26][27]

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After several weeks of chasing down the Maratha

army, Wellesley and Stevenson met at Budnapoor on
21 September and received intelligence that the
Maratha army was at Borkardan, around 30 miles
(48 km) to the north. They agreed a plan by which
their two armies – moving separately along either
side of a range of hills with Wellesley to the east and
Stevenson to the west – would converge on
Borkardan on 24 September. Wellesley's force
reached Paugy on the afternoon of 22 September and
departed camp before dawn. By noon, the army had
marched 14 miles (23 km) to Naulniah, a small town
12 miles (19 km) south of Borkardan, where they
intended to rest before joining Stevenson to attack
the Maratha army the next day.[28] At this point,
Map of the Assaye campaign
Wellesley received further intelligence that rather
than being at Borkardan, the Maratha army was
camped just 5 miles (8.0 km) north, but their cavalry had moved off and the infantry were about to follow.[29]

At about 13:00, Wellesley went forward with a cavalry escort to reconnoitre the Maratha position. The rest of his army
followed closely behind apart from a battalion of sepoys left at Naulniah to guard the baggage.[30] In all, Wellesley had
4,500 troops at his disposal plus 5,000 Mysore and Maratha horse and 17 cannon.[31] Aware that the British were
nearby, the Maratha chiefs had positioned their army in a strong defensive position along a tongue of land stretching
east from Borkardan between the Kailna River and its tributary the Juah. However, Scindia and Berar did not believe
Wellesley would attack with his small force and had moved off from the area in the morning.[30] Command of their
army was given to Pohlmann, who had positioned his infantry to the east of the Maratha camp in the plains around the
village of Assaye on the southern bank of the Juah.[32]

To his surprise, Wellesley found the entire combined army before him. Nevertheless, he resolved to attack at once,
believing that if he waited for Stevenson, the Marathas would have the chance to slip away and force the pursuit to
drag on.[30] Wellesley was also eager to forge a reputation for himself, and despite his numerical disadvantage, he was
confident that the Maratha’s irregular forces would be swept aside by his disciplined troops, and only Scindia’s regular
infantry could be expected to stand and fight.[28]

Battle

Initial manoeuvres
Pohlmann struck camp and deployed his infantry battalions in a line facing southwards behind the steep banks of the
Kailna with his cannon arrayed directly in front. The great mass of Maratha cavalry was kept on the right flank and
Berar's irregular infantry garrisoned Assaye to the rear. The only observable crossing point over the river was a small
ford directly ahead of the Maratha position. Pohlmann's strategy was to funnel the British and Madras troops across
the ford into the mouth of his cannon, and then on to the massed infantry and cavalry behind. Wellesley's local guides
assured him that no other ford existed nearby, but he quickly discarded the option of a frontal assault as suicide.[33]
While reconnoitring he had noticed two unguarded villages, Peepulgaon and Waroor, one on each bank of the Kaitna
beyond the Maratha left. On the assumption that a ford must exist between the two villages, Wellesley ordered the
area to be further reconnoitred by his Chief Engineer, Captain John Johnson, who reported that there was indeed a
ford at that spot. Thus Wellesley led his army east to the crossing in an attempt to launch an attack on Pohlmann's left
flank.[26][34]

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At around 15:00, the British crossed to the northern bank of the Kaitna unopposed apart from a distant harassing fire
from the Maratha cannon which was largely inaccurate but succeeded in decapitating Wellesley's dragoon orderly.[35]
Once across, Wellesley ordered his six infantry battalions to form into two lines, with his cavalry as a reserve in a third.
His allied Maratha and Mysore cavalry were ordered to remain south of the Kaitna to keep in check a large body of
Maratha cavalry which hovered around the British rear. Pohlmann soon recognised Wellesley’s intentions and swung
his infantry and guns through 90 degrees to establish a new line spread approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) across the
isthmus with their right flank on the Kaitna and the left on Assaye.[36] Although the new position secured the Maratha
flanks, it restricted Pohlmann from bringing his superior numbers into action.[37]

The Maratha redeployment was swifter and more efficient than Wellesley had anticipated and he immediately reacted
by extending his front to deny Pohlmann the opportunity to outflank him.[38] A battalion of pickets and the 74th
Highlanders, which formed the right of the first and second lines, were ordered to move obliquely to the right.[39] This
allowed the 78th to anchor the left flank and Madras infantry battalions (the 1/10th, 1/8th, 1/4th and 2/12th) to form
the centre of the British line.[38] Wellesley's intention was to force back the Marathas from their guns and then –
operating by his left to avoid the heavily defended Assaye – throw them back on the Juah and complete their
destruction with his cavalry.[40]

British infantry attack

The Maratha cannonade intensified as the British
redeployed. Although British artillery was brought
forward to counter, it was ineffective against the
mass firepower of the Maratha guns and quickly
disabled through the weight of shot directed against
it. British casualties mounted as the Maratha guns
turned their attention to the infantry and subjected
them to a barrage of canister, grape and round
shot.[41] Wellesley decided that his only option to
neutralise the artillery and get his men out of the
killing field was to advance directly into the mouth of
the Maratha artillery.[42] He ordered his cannon to
be abandoned and gave the command for his
infantry to march forward with bayonets fixed.[42] Map of the battle. The British and Indian infantry move
forward to attack the redeployed Maratha line.
The Maratha cannonade punched holes in the British
line, but the infantry maintained a steady pace,
closing up the gaps in their ranks as they advanced. The 78th Highlanders were the first to reach the enemy in the
southern sector next to the River Kailna. They paused 50 yards (46 m) from the Maratha gunners and unleashed a
volley of musket fire before launching into a bayonet charge.[43] The four battalions of Madras infantry to the right of
the 78th, accompanied by the Madras Pioneers,[44] reached Pohlmann's line shortly afterwards and attacked in the
same fashion. The gunners stood by their cannon but were no match for the bayonets of the British and Madras troops
who swiftly pressed on towards the Maratha infantry.[45] However, instead of meeting the charge, the Maratha right
broke and fled northwards towards the Juah, causing the rest of the southern half of the line to follow.[46] The officers
of the Madras battalions temporarily lost control as the sepoys, encouraged by their success, pushed too far in pursuit.
Maratha cavalry momentarily threatened to charge but were checked by the 78th who remained in order and re-
formed to face the danger.[46]

In the northern sector of the battlefield however, Wellesley's right flank was in turmoil. The commander of the pickets,
Lieutenant Colonel William Orrock, had mistaken his orders and continued his oblique path directly towards
Assaye.[45] Major Samuel Swinton of the 74th regiment was ordered to support the pickets and followed close behind.
This created a large gap in the centre of the British line, and brought the two battalions under a barrage of cannonade
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from the artillery around the village and the Maratha left.[47] The two battalions began to fall back in disarray and
Pohlmann ordered his remaining infantry and cavalry forward to attack. The Marathas gave no quarter;[48] the pickets
were virtually annihilated but the remnants of the 74th were able to form a rough square behind hastily piled bodies of
dead.[49] Realising that the destruction of his right would leave his army exposed and outflanked, Wellesley ordered a
detachment of British cavalry under Colonel Patrick Maxwell consisting of the 19th Light Dragoons and elements of
the 4th and 5th Madras Native Cavalry into action.[47] From their position at the rear, the cavalry dashed directly
towards the 74th's square, crashed into the swarming attackers and routed them. Maxwell pressed his advantage and
continued his charge into the Maratha infantry and guns on the left, driving them backwards and across the Juah
"with great slaughter".[50][51]

Culmination
A number of Maratha gunners who had feigned death when the British
advanced over their position re-manned their guns and began to pour
cannon fire into the rear of the 74th and Madras infantry.[45] Wellesley
ordered his four sepoy battalions to re-form and ward off any threat from
the Maratha infantry and cavalry while the 78th were sent back to retake
the Maratha gun line.[52] Wellesley, meanwhile, galloped back to 7th
Madras Native Cavalry, which had been held back in reserve to the east,
and led a cavalry charge from the opposite direction.[53] The gunners again
stood their ground but were eventually driven from their guns and this
time it was ensured that all those who remained were dead.[54]

While Wellesley was preoccupied with re-taking the gun line, Pohlmann
Maratha gunners re-man their
rallied his infantry and redeployed them into a semicircle with their backs
cannons (illustration by Alfred
Pearse) to the Juah; their right flank across the river and their left in Assaye.[55]
However, most of the Maratha cannon, which had inflicted heavy losses on
Wellesley's infantry, had been captured or lay abandoned on the
battlefield. Reluctant to join the fray, the Maratha cavalry lingered in the distance to the west. Most were Pindarries:
loosely organised and lightly armed horsemen whose traditional role was to cut down fleeing enemy troops, harass
convoy lines and carry out raids into enemy territory. They were not trained to attack well-formed infantry or heavily
armed European cavalry, and did not play a further part in the battle.[56]

With the remanned Maratha artillery silenced, Wellesley turned his attention to Pohlmann's reformed infantry.
Although Maxwell had suffered heavy losses, he had rallied his cavalry and returned to the field of battle. Wellesley
ordered him to charge the Maratha left flank, while the infantry moved forward as a single line to meet the centre and
right.[53] The cavalry spurred forward but were met with a volley of canister shot which struck Maxwell, killing him
instantly. Their momentum lost, the cavalry did not complete their charge but veered away from the Maratha line at
the last moment.[53] The British and Madras infantry marched on against the Maratha position but Pohlmann's men,
their morale low, did not wait for the attack and instead retreated northwards across the Juah. Descriptions differ as
to the manner of their departure: Maratha sources claim the line marched away from the battlefield in an orderly
manner on Pohlmann's orders but British accounts claim the Maratha infantry fled in an uncontrolled panic.[57]
Berar's irregulars inside Assaye, now leaderless and having witnessed the fate of the regular infantry, abandoned the
village and marched off northwards at around 18:00, followed shortly afterwards by the Maratha cavalry.[57]
Wellesley's troops, however, were exhausted and in no condition to pursue and the native allied cavalry which had
remained on the south bank of the Kailna and had not been engaged, refused to pursue without the support of the
British and Madras cavalry.[58][59]

Aftermath
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East India Company and British Army casualties amounted to 428 killed, 1138 The whole country
wounded and 18 missing; a total of 1,584 – over a third of the force engaged in [was] strewn with killed
and wounded, both
combat.[1] The 74th and the picket battalion were decimated; from a strength of Europeans and natives,
about 500, the 74th lost ten officers killed and seven wounded, and 124 other ranks ours as well as the
killed and 270 wounded.[61] The pickets lost all their officers except their enemies.
commander, Lieutenant Colonel William Orrock, and had only about 75 men An unnamed British
remaining.[49] Of the ten officers forming the general's staff, eight were wounded or cavalry officer in the
had their horses killed.[62] Wellesley himself lost two horses; the first was shot from aftermath of Assaye[60]
underneath him and the second was speared as he led the charge to re-capture the
Maratha gun line.[63]

The number of Maratha casualties is more difficult to ascertain. Despatches from British officers give a figure of 1,200
dead and many more wounded but some modern historians have estimated a total of 6,000 dead and
wounded.[2][3][37] The Marathas also surrendered seven stands of colours, large amounts of stores and ammunition
and 98 cannon – most of which were later taken into service by the East India Company.[58][59] Although Scindia and
Berar's army was not finished as a fighting force, several of Scindia's regular infantry battalions and artillery crews had
been destroyed. Their command structure had also been damaged: many of their European officers, including Colonel
Pohlmann and Major Dupont, surrendered to the Company – which had offered amnesty to Europeans in the service
of the Maratha armies – or deserted and sought employment with other native chieftains.[63]

The sound of the guns at Assaye was heard by Stevenson who immediately broke up his camp 10 miles (16 km) to the
west in an attempt to join the battle. However, he was misled by his guide and marched first on Borkardan before he
reached the battlefield on the evening of 24 September. Suspecting that his guide had intentionally led him astray,
Stevenson later had him hanged.[64] He remained with Wellesley to assist with the wounded – troops were still being
carried from the battlefield four days after the engagement – until ordered to recommence the pursuit of the Maratha
army on 26 September.[54] Wellesley remained to the south while he established a hospital at Ajanta and awaited
reinforcements from Poona.[63] Two months later, he combined with Stevenson to rout Scindia and Berar's
demoralised and weakened army at Argaon, and shortly afterwards stormed Berar's fortress at Gawilghur. These
victories, coupled with Lieutenant General Lake's successful campaign in the north, induced the two Maratha chiefs to
sue for peace.[65]

Wellesley later told Stevenson that "I should not like to see again such a
loss as I sustained on the 23rd September, even if attended by such a
gain",[66] and in later life he referred to Assaye as "the bloodiest for the
numbers that I ever saw".[2] Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Munro, the
Company's district collector at Mysore, was critical of the high proportion
of casualties and questioned Wellesley's decision not to wait for Stevenson.
He wrote to Wellesley: "I am tempted to think that you did it with a view of
sharing the glory with the smallest numbers".[67] In response, Wellesley
politely rebuffed Munro's accusations and defended his action as necessary
Assaye elephant emblem awarded because he had received and acted upon incorrect intelligence regarding
to the Madras Sappers
the Maratha position.[67] Assaye was 34-year-old Wellesley's first major
success and despite his anguish over the heavy losses, it was a battle he
always held in the highest estimation. After his retirement from active military service, the Duke of Wellington (as he
later became known) considered Assaye the finest thing he ever did in the way of fighting even when compared to his
later military career.[2][68]

Lord Mornington and his Council lauded the battle as a "most brilliant and important victory",[69] and presented each
of the Madras units and British regiments involved in the engagement with a set of honorary colours. The British
regiments and native units were also awarded the Assaye battle honour and most were later given permission to adopt
an Assaye elephant as part of their insignia. A public monument was also erected by the East India Company at Fort

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William, Calcutta to commemorate the victory.[70] The 74th Regiment of foot later became known as the Assaye
regiment due to their stand at the battle and their modern-day successors, the Royal Highland Fusiliers (2 SCOTS),
still celebrate the anniversary of the battle each year.[71] Of the native infantry battalions, only the Madras Sappers
survive in their original form in the Indian Army but they no longer celebrate Assaye as it has been declared a
repugnant battle honour by the Government of India.[72]

In fiction
Cornwell, Bernard, Sharpe's Triumph: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803, HarperCollins,
1998, ISBN 0-00-225630-4. The book includes most of the important events of the battle, although mostly
focusing on the British forces with Indian regiments generally in the background. Building on the real events,
Wellington loses a third horse and is tipped into the enemy ranks where he is saved by Sharpe, who in doing so
earns his commission as an officer. The battle is mentioned numerous times throughout the series as a personal
achievement for both Sharpe and Wellington (whose careers progress in parallel), and whenever characters from
78th or other highland infantry units appear, as Sharpe feels their actions at Assaye were a testament to their
courage and discipline.

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7. Millar p. 13.
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