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The latter had been appointed Prefect of the city by the Government of National Defence, and, resolving to reach his post in spite of the siege which was being actively prosecuted, had disguised himself and passed successfully through the German lines, escaping the shots which were fired at him.
— from My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly

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