Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Muna 1919, Poulleau akapiwa basa rokudzidzisa muAlexandria, kuEgypt, uye akashandisa mukana iwoyo kuenda kuDhamasiko, kuSyria, kwaakatanga chikoro chevasikana vaduku. Akanga achigara muDhamasiko mukati mokumukira kwavanhu veSiria mukurwisana nokutonga kweFrance
; akazonyora kuti "mhirizhonga yakatanga muSyria, iyo yakadzvinyirirwa zvikuru neuto reFrance". Mumakore ake ikoko, akanyora mabhuku maviri: "MuDhamasiko pasi pemabhomba (1926)", iyo yakarambidzwa nezviremera zveFrance kugoverwa munyika, dzakadai seSyria, pasi pemutemo weFrance, uye "Nhau nomwe kubva kuSyria" (1927).