Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Bose ghọrọ onye isi ndị agha na 1864. N'oge agha Austro-Prussian, Bose duziri 15th Infantry Brigade, nke o ji mara onwe ya na Podol,
Münchengrätz na Sadowa. Na ngwụcha nke agha ahụ, e buliri Bose n'ọkwa lieutenant-general ma nye ya iwu nke 20th Infantry Division. Mgbe agha Franco-Prussian bidoro n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ 1870, e nyere Bose iwu nke XI Corps, nke o so jee ozi na agha nke Wörth ebe ọ merụrụ ahụ. Mmerụ ahụ o merụrụ mere ka ọ ghara ịga agha ahụ ruo n'afọ 1871.