Ya yi aiki a ƙasa a lokacin sashi na biyu na Franco-Prussian War, a matsayin babban jami'in janar na division. Ya kasance a wurin yakin da aka yi a
Coulmiers, Villepion da Loigny-Poupry, a matsayin kwamandan wani bangare, kuma a cikin Chanzy ya koma baya a kan Le Mans da yakin a wannan wuri a matsayin kwamandan rundunar.