Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I mahi ia i te whenua i te waahanga tuarua o te Pakanga Franco-Prussian, i te taumata o te rangatira awhina o te wehenga. I noho ia ki ngā pakanga o Coulmiers
, Villepion me Loigny-Poupry, i te whakahau o te wehenga, a i roto i te reti a Chanzy ki Le Mans me te pakanga i taua waahi i te whakahau o te roopu.