<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - uDe Gaulle wathola indawo eSt Cyr ngo-1909. Isikhundla sakhe ekilasini sasingesihle 119th out of 221 entrants, kodwa wayemncane futhi lokhu kwakuwumzamo wakhe wokuqala esivivinyweni. Ngaphansi komthetho ka-21 Mashi 1905, abafisa ukuba yizikhulu zempi kwakudingeka ukuba bakhonze unyaka emaqenjini, kufaka phakathi isikhathi sokuba yi-private kanye ne-NCO, ngaphambi kokuya esikoleni. Ngakho-ke, ngo-Okthoba 1909, uDe Gaulle wabhalisa iminyaka emine, njengoba kwakudingeka, kunokuba kube yisikhathi esivamile seminyaka emibili sabasebenzi e-Armée française, e-Arras. Lokhu kwakuyisigaba esiyingqopha-mlando nge-Austerlitz  <response>: , Wagram, noBorodino phakathi kwezindondo zayo zempi. Ngo-Ephreli 1910 wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba isikhulu. Umkhuzi wakhe wenqaba ukumkhuphula esikhundleni sokuba usergeant, isikhundla esijwayelekile sesikhulu esingaba khona, waphawula ukuthi le nsizwa ngokusobala yayizwa ukuthi akukho okungaphansi kukaConstable waseFrance okwakuzoba kuhle ngokwanele kuyo. Ekugcineni wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba isosha ngoSepthemba 1910. 