 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Akarwa muHondo yeFrance nePrussian, pakutanga saChief of Staff pasi peGeneral Laveaucoupet, mutungamiri we3rd Infantry Division yakabatanidzwa mu2nd Army Corps yeGeneral Frossard. Billot akapinda muhondo dzeSarrebruck, Forbach kwaakambotaurwa nezvake mumashoko, Borny neNoiseville. Akakwanisa kutiza pashure pokubatwa kweMetz ndokuzviisa amene mubasa reHurumende yeNational Defence. Akakwidziridzwa kuva colonel, ipapo général de brigade uye provisional général de division. Mukuru wemauto ipapo mutungamiriri we18th Army Corps, Billot akarohwa paBeaune-la-Rolandemusi wa28 November 1870. Akasimbiswa kuva general de brigade wenguva dzose, akarwa muhondo yeVillersexel muna Ndira 1871. 