Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Chef d'état-major weImperial Guard muna 1860, akasimudzirwa kuva général de division muna 1866 asati ava mubatsiri womutongi muna 1868. Muna 1870, akapiwa basa renyika dzakawanda kuVienna asati ava mukuru mukuru-major-général wearmée du Rhin muna 1870. Akabva atungamirira XII Corps muna 1870, achitungamirira muhondo dzeBeaumont, Mouzon, Bazeilles
(kwaaitungamirira Blue Division) uye pakupedzisira Sedan. Akabatwa somusungwa wehondo paIges peninsula (achida kugara nevarume vake) ipapo muGermany paKoblenz ipapo Aix-la-Chapelle. Pakusunungurwa kwake akashanda munzvimbo dzinoverengeka, dzakadai senhengo yeMixed Commission yePublic Works, muongorori mukuru wechikoro chekudzidzisa vashandi, purezidhendi wekomisheni de révision du règlement sur le service des places, nhengo yekomiti yekudzivirira uye purezidhendi wekomisheni yekugadzirisazve vashandi vemauto. Akanga ariwo munyori wemagwaro anoverengeka nemabhuku. Akatora murairo weIII Corps kubva muna 1873 kusvika muna 1879, paakaenda pamudyandigere, akafa makore gumi gare gare uye akavigwa kumakuva munzvimbo yaakaberekerwa.