Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin da yakin duniya na farko ya ɓarke Estienne ya zama kwamandan rundunar bindiga ta 22 da ke aiki tare da rukunin Philippe Pétain. A Yaƙin Charleroi
ya gigice abokan adawar Jamusawa ta hanyar daidaiton harbin bindigoginsa, wanda aka tsara shi sosai saboda kusanci da jirgin sama. Amma ƙwarewar Estienne ba za ta iya ceton sojojin Faransa daga hallakawa ta hanyar bindiga ba. Don kare sojoji a cikin yakin basasa, ya yi tunanin garkuwar sojoji masu motsi don taimaka musu.