Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Pakanga Franco-Prussian o 1870-71, i uru te Corps ki te 2nd Army. I kitea e ia he mahi i roto i nga pakanga o
Spicheren, Mars-la-Tour (he waahanga nui), Gravelotte, Beaune-la-Rolande, Orléans, me Le Mans, me te Siege o Metz.