 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Denfert-Rochereau akapedza kudzidza paEcole Polytechnique muna 1842. Akazvizivisa panguva yekufambisa kweFrance kuRoma muna 1849, uye akapinda muHondo yeCrimea muna 1855, kwaakakuvadzwa pakutora Malakoff. Akabva atumirwa kuFrance Algeria kubva muna 1860 kusvika muna 1864. 