Some fled the same night, and vanished as surely as the commandant, who had made himself scarce as soon as the column of prisoners set off on the forced march to west.

有些人当天晚上就逃走了，那个总指挥一定消失了，那一队囚犯们一开始被迫朝西进发，他就逃之夭夭了。

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Yet, for a time last week, the president made himself scarce, retiring to Lubumbashi in his home area.

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