Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Chef d'état-major nke ndị nche Imperial na 1860, e buliri ya n'ọkwa général de division na 1866 tupu ọ bụrụ onye enyemaka nke eze ukwu na 1868. N'afọ 1870, e nyere ya ọrụ nnọchiteanya na Vienna tupu ọ bụrụ onye isi ndị agha nke ndị agha nke Rhin na 1870. O mechara duo XII Corps n'afọ 1870, na-edu ya n'agha ndị a lụrụ na Beaumont, Mouzon,
Bazeilles (ebe o nyere iwu Blue Division) na n'ikpeazụ Sedan. E jidere ya dịka onye agha agha na Iges peninsula (na-achọ ịnọnyere ndị ya) mgbe ahụ na Germany na Koblenz mgbe ahụ Aix-la-Chapelle. Mgbe a tọhapụrụ ya, o jere ozi n'ọtụtụ ọrụ, dịka onye otu Kọmitii Na-ahụ Maka Ọrụ Ọha na Ọha, onye isi nyocha na ụlọ akwụkwọ ọzụzụ ndị ọrụ, onye isi oche nke kọmitii de révision du règlement sur le service des places, onye otu kọmitii na-ahụ maka nchekwa na onye isi oche nke kọmitii na nhazi nke ndị ọrụ agha. Ọ bụkwa onye edemede nke ọtụtụ akwụkwọ na akwụkwọ. O weghaara iwu nke III Corps site na 1873 ruo 1879, mgbe ọ lara ezumike nká, nwụọ afọ iri ka e mesịrị ma lie ya n'ili ebe a mụrụ ya.