<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ukungena esikoleni sezempi esikhethekile saseSaint-Cyr ngo-1829, wasishiya njengesekela lika-lieutenant ngo-1831. Wakhushulwa waba ngu-lieutenant ngo-1834, wabe eseba ngukaputeni, wakhonza e-5th Dragoon Regiment. Ubeyi-chef descadron ngesikhathi se-Revolution ka-1848, wayeseceleni kukaGeneral Négrier lapho lo owalandela elimala. Wabe esebambe iqhaza ekuvinjezelweni kweRoma ngo-1849 njengo-chef détat-major wesigaba sesibili se-French expeditionary corps eMedithera. Wakhushulwa waba ngu-lieutenant-colonel, wabelwa esigabeni sikaConstantine njengo-chef détat major ngo-1852. Ukukhuphukela ku-colonel ngoJanuwari 1855, walwa eMpini YaseCrimea njengomphathi we-chef détat-major wesibili bese kuba yisigaba sokuqala se-II Corps. U-Chef détat-major ku-General Mac Mahon ngo-1855 e-Algeria, wabe esenikezwa isikhundla esifanayo esigabeni saseParis eminyakeni emibili kamuva. Wenziwa ujenene ngo-1858 walwa ezimpini zaseTurbigo, eMagenta  <response>: noSolferino. 