 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Akabva akwidziridzwa kuva sub-lieutenant aine makore makumi maviri, akashanda muAlgeria uye akarwa muItaly neMexicouko akakuvadzwa muLegion yeVatorwa kusvika padanho rekaputeni. Uye akasimudzirwazve kuva mutungamiriri webattalion munguva yeHondo yeFrance nePrussian, kwaakatungamirira battalion yechi2 yevavhimi vaifamba netsoka uye battalion yechi19 yaifamba nechombo chimwe chetecho. Akakuvadzwa musi waNovember 27, 1870, paHondo yeAmiens, uye akashanda nemauto eVersailles kurwisa Commune yeParis muna 1871. Akakwidziridzwa kuva colonel musi waAugust 22, 1880, Akatora murairo we128th Infantry Regiment muSedan. Muna 1884, akagadzwa kuti atungamirire muTonkin chikwata chaifamba chakagadzirwa nemabhatiri matatu evarwi. 