Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakahokia a Voyron ki Wīwī i te tau 1870. I whara ia i te Pakanga o Bazeilles
i a ia e mahi ana i te 12th Army Corps i te Pakanga Franco-Prussian. Na ka whakanohoia ia ki Leipzig, Tiamana tae noa ki te 1871. I te 1872, i tukuna a Voyron ki New Caledonia i te tonga rawhiti o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, i noho ai ia mo nga tau e wha. Katahi ka tohua ia hei kaitiaki-koroneela ka mahi ia i Senegal e rua nga wa, ka tohua ia hei koroneela i te tau 1885, ka whakahau i te Fourth Marine Infantry Regiment, katahi ka wehe atu ki Tonkin, Vietnam i te tau 1887.