 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Flatters akaitwa tenzi wechipiri uye akatumirwa kuAlgeria ne3rd Zouaves. Akagadzwa kuva lieutenant muna 1855. Muna 1856 akapiwa chikumbiro chokuendeswa kuBureaus yeArab bureaux arabes, iyo yakanga yaumbwa naMarchal Thomas Robert Bugeaud kuti atarisire vagari vemo. VaFlatters havana kushanda muHondo yeCrimea ya1853-56 kana Hondo yeFrance neAustriara1859. Muna January 1863 akapedza mwedzi mitatu ari pazororo muParis. Ikoko akasangana ndokuroorana naSara-Marie Le Gros ane makore 19 okukura, hanzvadzi yeaichimbova shamwari yake yechikoro kuLaval. Flatters akasimudzirwa kuva kaputeni muna 1864. Akaroora Sarah Marie Legros 18451933 muParis musi wa 1 Chivabvu 1864. Mwanakomana wavo Étienne Paul Jean Flatters 18681950 aizova Brigadier General. Nemhaka yemamiriro ezvinhu akaoma muAlgeria mudzimai wake aisagona kumutevera paakadzokera kuAlgeria, uye kwemakore gumi nemashanu akatevera vakapedza nguva pamwe chete paakanga ari pazororo kana munguva pfupi apo akanga ari muFrance. 