Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna 1901, paakagamuchira diploma yake, de Bourgoing akabatana neSociété de Secours aux Blessés Militaires (SSBM), mutangiri weFrench Red Cross, somunhu anozvipira uye akatanga kushanda paBeaujon Hospital muParis. Somugumisiro wokukwanisa kwake uye kunzwisisa kwaakaratidza vose vari vaviri varwere navanachiremba, akagadzwa kuva purezidhendi weSSBM. Muna 1907, akaenda kuMorocco neuto reFrance raitungamirirwa naGeneral Antoine Marius Benoît Drude. Somutungamiriri wechikwata chevazvipiri veSSBM, akatanga imba yevanorwara muCasablanca, achirapa vakakuvadzwa muhondo pakati peFrance neMoroccans. Sezvo mamiriro ezvinhu muMorocco akanga akaoma, kwakasarudzwa kuti vakakuvadzwa uye vanorwara zvakakomba vaifanira kuendeswa kuOran muAlgeria uko kwaizova nyore kupa kurapwa kwakakodzera. Maiva muna October 1907 apo iye navanamukoti vake vaviri vakanga vachiperekedza vakakuvadzwa pamhenderekedzo yegungwa yeFrance kuenda kuOran, apo akatanga kusangana naGeneral Hubert Lyautey, uyo akanga ari mutungamiri wechikamu ikoko. Pashure pokupedza mwedzi gumi nemishanu muNorth Africa, akadzokera kuFrance, achibva angofamba zvishoma gare gare kuenda kuchiteshi cheItaly cheMessina muna December uko iye neboka rake revanamukoti vakabatsira kutarisira vanhu 80 000 vakawirwa nokudengenyeka kwenyika muna 1908
. Somugumisiro webasa ravo romuenzaniso, vakashongedzwa naMambokadzi Hélène weOrléans.