Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - He tohu o te Saint-Cyr hōia whare wānanga, mahi Paora Azan i roto i te 2nd regiment de zouaves i roto i te koroni Algeria i te rohe Moroccan, i mua i tona conquest e France. I muri mai ka whiwhi i te tohu paetahi i roto i nga tuhinga, ko tana tuhinga me tana pukapuka tuatahi "Hannibal dans les Alpes" i aro atu ki a ia hei kaituhi hitori hoia me te kaituhi mo te koroni o Awherika ki te Raki. I te tau 1902 i whakawhitihia ia ki te Ratonga Hītori o te Army. I reira ka tuhia e ia etahi mahi mo te "Patai Algeria", me pehea te pai o te whakaurunga me te whakaahuru i te iwi o te raki o Awherika. I tautohetohe ana mahi ki te kaupapa here "Assimilationist" French, e kii ana kaore e taea e nga Mahometa o Awherika ki te Raki te noho hei tangata whenua French. Ko tana mahi tino rongonui mo tenei kaupapa ko te 1905 "Sidi-Brahim", i runga i te kaiarahi o Algeria i te wa o te koroni tuatahi i nga tau 1840
He aha? Whai muri i tana mahi i te misioni hitori ki Spain, kua hoki mai a Kapene Azan ki Awherika ki te Raki, whai muri i nga taunekeneke i mutu i te 1911 French conquest o Morocco, i tuhia e ia etahi mahi, me te mahi i raro i a General Lyautey. I uru ia hei rangatira ki te pakanga ki a Beni Snassen me te haerenga a Fez Crisis 1908 a General d'Amade.