 Complete the following phrase:  Michel was born in the village of Auteuil now part of the 16th arrondissement of Paris, the son of a policeman. He attended the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr from 1867 to 1869. On 1 January 1870, he entered the École détat-major Staff College, but the Franco-Prussian War made him leave school in October 1870 to join the 13th Army Corps and he served at the Siege of Paris as a lieutet. In November 1870, he was assigned to the 3rd Division of the 2nd Army of Paris as a lieutet. During the 