Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An nada shi brigadier janar a 1896, kuma ya dauki umurnin 3rd Colonial Brigade (1896-97) a matsayin Sufeto Janar, ya ba da izini ga New Caledonia, Réunion da Madagascar. A shekara ta 1900, ya shiga cikin
Yaƙin Peking tare da mutanensa, galibi 'yan Vietnamese waɗanda suka ga aikin kaɗan ba su da ƙwarewa. An aika da su da sauri don a sauka a kusa da Tianjin, sun isa rana bayan sauran rundunonin. Sannan a watan Yulin 1900, ya karbi umarnin sojojin Faransa a kasar Sin, wanda ya umurce shi a lokacin tafiya zuwa Beijing da kuma kama birnin na daular a ranar 15 ga Agusta. Da zuwan Janar Voyron a watan Satumba na 1900, ya dauki umurnin Brigade na farko na Rundunar Sojoji.