 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Degoutte akabatana ne31st Artillery Regiment musi wa7 Kurume 1887 uye akazoenda kuSaint Cyr kwaakapedza kudzidza wechi9 kubva pa435. Apedza kudzidza akabatana neboka reZouave muTunisia. Muna 1895 chikumbiro chake chokubatana neboka rokuFrancekuMadagascar kwakarambwa, zvichiguma nokutora kwake zororo remwedzi mitatu. Mukati mezororo iroro akaperekedza boka ravaJesuit iro rakaenda kuMadagascar nengarava yavanhuwo zvavo. Asvika ikoko pakati pekumhara kwemauto eFrance, akasungwa naGeneral Dechesnes, asi Colonel Bailloud akakwanisa kunyengetedza vakuru vake vakuru kuti vasunungure Degoutte uye vashandise hunyanzvi hwake hwemitauro. 