Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1857 Rigault de Genouilly ya tashi a cikin jirgin ruwa "Némésis" don shiga cikin rundunar sojan ruwa da Admiral Léonard Charner ya tara don Yaƙin Opium na Biyu
, kuma an sanya shi a matsayin kwamandan rundunar sojan ruwan Faransa. A lokacin yakin ya shiga cikin toshewar Macau kuma ya kama kama Canton.