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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lecontinue="20191219213407|1305" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="1315" ns="0" title="Bì" pageid="796" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Tilly" timestamp="2019-12-26T22:11:06Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1362" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1314" ns="0" title="Tōng" pageid="795" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Tilly" timestamp="2019-12-26T22:04:27Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1361" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1313" ns="0" title="Shǎn" pageid="794" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Tilly" timestamp="2019-12-26T21:56:25Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1360" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1312" ns="0" title="Xié" pageid="744" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Tilly" timestamp="2019-12-26T21:45:48Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1359" prev="1275" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1311" ns="0" title="Große Himmelsschau" pageid="514" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Tilly" timestamp="2019-12-22T07:56:32Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1358" prev="902" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1310" ns="0" title="Großer Angriff auf die Mauer" pageid="512" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Tilly" timestamp="2019-12-22T07:48:45Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1357" prev="901" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1309" ns="0" title="Gepanzerter Reiter dritte Stufe" pageid="511" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Tilly" timestamp="2019-12-21T21:05:40Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1356" prev="900" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1308" ns="0" title="Gepanzerter Reiter zweite Stufe" pageid="510" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Tilly" timestamp="2019-12-21T20:42:59Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1355" prev="899" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1307" ns="0" title="Gepanzerter Reiter erste Stufe" pageid="509" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Tilly" timestamp="2019-12-20T20:14:32Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1354" prev="1353" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1306" ns="0" title="Gepanzerter Reiter erste Stufe" pageid="509" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Tilly" timestamp="2019-12-20T20:01:32Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1353" prev="898" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>