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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <recentchanges>
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Jean Marie ROPARS" rcid="23872" pageid="3652" revid="23672" old_revid="23666" timestamp="2025-01-21T19:22:49Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Portraits de poilus" rcid="23871" pageid="16" revid="23671" old_revid="23670" timestamp="2025-01-04T12:32:49Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Portraits de poilus" rcid="23870" pageid="16" revid="23670" old_revid="8430" timestamp="2025-01-04T12:32:33Z" />
      <rc type="log" ns="0" title="François Marie ROPARS" rcid="23869" pageid="0" revid="0" old_revid="0" timestamp="2025-01-04T12:21:35Z" />
      <rc type="log" ns="0" title="François Marie ROPARS" rcid="23868" pageid="3809" revid="0" old_revid="0" timestamp="2025-01-04T12:20:52Z" />
      <rc type="log" ns="0" title="François Marie ROPARS" rcid="23867" pageid="3808" revid="0" old_revid="0" timestamp="2025-01-04T12:18:18Z" />
      <rc type="log" ns="0" title="Jean Marie ROPARS" rcid="23866" pageid="3807" revid="0" old_revid="0" timestamp="2025-01-04T12:16:12Z" />
      <rc type="log" ns="0" title="François Marie ROPARS" rcid="23865" pageid="0" revid="0" old_revid="0" timestamp="2025-01-04T12:13:41Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Combattants morts en août 1914" rcid="23861" pageid="802" revid="23660" old_revid="23447" timestamp="2024-12-05T14:46:30Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="RIGEL" rcid="23860" pageid="2066" revid="23659" old_revid="18136" timestamp="2024-12-05T14:44:57Z" />
    </recentchanges>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <recentchanges rcstart="2024-12-04T14:39:10Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>