Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan shigar da sabis, an aika da jirgin zuwa tsibirin Italiya a 1861 don kare Prussians da sauran 'yan ƙasar Jamus a lokacin Yaƙin Italiya na biyu na Independence, wani ɓangare na haɗin Italiya. Daga nan sai ta tafi Girka, Daular Ottoman, sannan zuwa Romania kafin a dawo da ita zuwa Prussia a 1862. Ta yi aiki a cikin aikin da aka yi niyya a lokacin Yaƙin Schleswig na Biyu, yana aiki a matsayin kwamandan jirgin ruwa don rundunar jiragen ruwa biyar na jiragen ruwa da ke cikin Baltic Sea. Ta ga aikin da aka yi wa sojojin ruwa na Danish a lokacin yakin a yakin Jasmund.
, inda ta sami guda hit cewa ya kashe mutum daya. Bayan yakin, an cire shi daga aiki kuma ya ga kadan aiki ga sauran shekaru goma, lokacin da yake cikin mummunan yanayi.