Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Lafont ya kasance mai aiki a cikin kamfen da Charles Rigault de Genouilly ya jagoranta a China da Indochina, kuma ya halarci yakin Canton (1857)
, Yaƙin Taku Forts (1859), Siege na Tourane (1858 <unk> 1860) da kuma Kama Saigon (Fabrairu 1859).