Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I whawhai te Rōpū 16 i te Pakanga Austro-Prussian i te tau 1866, i kite i te pakanga i Königgrätz. I te Pakanga Franco-Prussian o 1870-71, i whawhai te wehenga i te Pakanga o Spicheren
, te Pakanga o Mars-la-Tour, te Pakanga o Gravelotte (e kiia ana ko te Pakanga o Gravelotte-St. Privat) me te Siege o Metz, katahi ka uru ki nga pakanga o Amiens, Hallue, me St. Quentin.