 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakutanga akanga ane chinangwa chokubatana neChechi, asi, pashure pemakore akati mumusangano, akasarudza basa rehondo uye akabatana neuto reFrance muna 1823. Somushandi mu14th line infantry, akabatanidzwa muAlgeria expedition ya 1830. Akakunda basa rake pakutorwa kweAlgiers uye mukati memishandirapamwe yakatevera akakwira kusvika pachinzvimbo chaColonel. Akadzokera kuFrance muna 1850. MuHondo yeCrimea, akashanda pasi paFrançois Certain Canrobert semukuru wemauto. Nokuda kwomufambiro wake wakaisvonaka paHondo yeMalakoffmuna 1855 akasimudzirwa kuva General of division. Gare gare akatungamirira boka reuto raAdolphe Niel muHondo yeSolférino. 