Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan jami'an soja waɗanda a wannan lokacin 1866-1870 suka hango kuma suka yi ƙoƙari su shirya don yaƙin da ba makawa da Jamus, kuma a lokacin barkewar Yaƙin Franco-Prussian Napoleon ya ba shi zaɓi tsakanin kwamandan kwamandan da kuma babban injiniya a hedkwatar. Ya zabi shugabancin rundunar II. A ranar 6 ga watan Agusta 1870 ya rike mukamin Spicheren
a kan Jamus har sai da zuwan ƙarfafawa ga karshen kuma rashin bayyanar sauran sojojin Faransa ya tilasta masa yin ritaya. Bayan wannan ya shiga cikin fadace-fadace a kusa da Metz, inda ya bambanta kansa a Mars-la-Tour da Gravelotte. Daga nan sai ya shiga tare da rundunarsa a cikin Siege na Metz kuma ya shiga cikin mika wuya na sojojin Bazaine. Janar Frossard ya wallafa a cikin 1872 wani " Rahoton kan ayyukan du 2 corps ". Ya mutu a Cháteau-Villain (Haute-Marne).