Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akapedza kudzidza pachikoro chechiuto cheSaint-Cyr, Paul Azan akashanda mu2nd regiment de zouaves muAlgeria yekoloni pamwe nemuganhu weMoroccan, isati yakundwa neFrance. Gare gare kugamuchira chiremba mune zvinyorwa, bhuku rake rokutanga rinonzi "Hannibal dans les Alpes" rakamuita kuti azivikanwe semunyori wenhoroondo dzechiuto uye munyori pamusoro pekoloni North Africa. Muna 1902 akachinjirwa kuArmy's Historical Service. Ikoko akanyora mabhuku akawanda pamusoro pe"Algeria Question", kuti France inganyatsogadzirisa sei uye kugadzikana kwevanhu vakagarwa muNorth Africa. Mabhuku ake akapikisa mutemo we"Assimilationist" weFrance, achitaura kuti maMuslim ekuNorth Africa aisakwanisa kuva vagari veFrance vakazara. Basa rake rinokosha zvikurusa panhau yacho rakanga riri "Sidi-Brahim" ra1905, pamutungamiriri weAlgeria mukati menguva ya
kwokutanga kwekolonialism muma1840. Mushure mekushanda mumishinari wenhoroondo kuSpain, zvino Captain Azan akadzokera kuNorth Africa, zvichitevera kupindira kwakaguma mukukunda kweFrance kweMorocco muna 1911, kwaakanyora mabasa akati wandei, uye achishanda pasi paGeneral Lyautey. Akatora chikamu semukuru muhondo yekurwisa Beni Snassen uye 1908 Fez Crisis expedition yeGeneral d'Amade.