Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Rukunin na 16 ya yi yaƙi a cikin Yakin Austro-Prussian a 1866, yana ganin aikin a yakin Königgrätz. A cikin Yakin Franco-Prussian na 1870-71, rukunin ya yi yaƙi a yakin Spicheren
, Yaƙin Mars-la-Tour, Yaƙin Gravelotte (wanda kuma ake kira Yaƙin Gravelotte-St. Privat) da Siege na Metz, sannan kuma a cikin yaƙe-yaƙe na Amiens, Hallue, da St. Quentin.