 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Niel akakwanisa kuita iri basa rakaoma uye rakaoma nekubudirira kwakawanda sezvinotarisirwa, uye akatungamira mashandiro ekurwisa muhondo yeMalakoff. Mubayiro wake wakanga uri muchinjikwa mukuru weLégion dhonneur. Kubva muna 1855 kusvika muna 1859 Niel akashanda padzimbahwe uye akashandawo muSeneti yeFrance. Muhondo yokurwisa vaAustria, Niel akatungamirira IV Corps uye akatora rutivi muHondo yeMagenta uye Hondo yeSolferino. Niel akagadzwa kuva Marshal weFrance munhandare paSolferino. 