Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mushure mokunge 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion 1e BEP yakava 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment 1e REP, Pierre akapfuudzwa kuti atungamirire musi waFebruary 6, 1956, panzvimbo yekushanda semutevedzeri, nguva ino kuna Colonel Albert Brothier iyo yaakatora asi yakanyadziswa zvikuru. Chirongwa chacho chakaiswa panjodzi musi wa 1 August 1956 pashure pokugadzirira kwe
Pierre akasimuka musi waOctober 31, zvisinei, mirangariro yake nezvikonzero zvokusvetuka uku zvaizivikanwa zvikuru. Ichi chishandiso chakaisvonaka chokurwa chakava chikwata hachina kubatira chikonzero chipi nechipi chakakodzera. Kunyange zvakadaro, basa idzva rakaganhurirwa kuna Pierre, iro raifanira kuguma mukupandukira muAlgeria, basa remapurisa iro pasina munhu aida kana kuti aifarira asi basa raifanira kuitwa nokubudirira. Pierre akatorazve kutungamira kwe1st Foreign Parachute Regiment muna March 1957.