 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Trochu akaberekerwa paLe Palais pachitsuwa cheBelle-Île-en-Mer, kure nemhenderekedzo yeBrittany. Akadzidza paSt. Cyr, akagamuchira basa mu Staff Corps muna 1837, uye akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant muna 1840, uye kaputeni muna 1843. Akashanda semutungamiriri muAlgeria pasi paMarshal Bugeaud, uyo, mukucherechedza kushinga kwake muhondo dzeSidi Yussuf neIsly, akamuita aide-de-camp uye akamupa makomisheni akakosha. Akakwidziridzwa kuva mukuru muna 1845, uye kuva mukuru mukuru muna 1853. Akashumira nokusiyanisa munguva yose yekurwisa kweCrimea, kutanga se aide-de-camp kuna Marshal St. Arnaud, uye ipapo segenera re brigade, uye akaitwa mutungamiri weLegion dhonneur uye mukuru wechikamu. Akazviratidzazve semutungamiriri weboka muhondo yeItaly ya1859, kwaakakunda Grand Cross yeLégion dhonneur. 