 The part he took in the, expedition of Portes-de-Fer gained him a colonelcy, and his success against the Hajutas and Kabyles, the cross of the Legion of Honour.Three more years of brilliant service in Africa won for him the rank of "marechal de camp" in 1840, and of lieutenant-general in 1843.In 1847 he held the Algiers divisional command.