 The Legion disembarked at Mers el-Kébir, on July 6, then won by Sidi-Bel-Abbès, where his two regiments were founded on August 9, to constitute the 2nd Foreign Regiment.Following the campaign in Crimea, he joined Algeria and took part, from May to July 1857, in the expedition of Marshal of the Empire Randon who would reduce Kabylie.His action at the head of the 2nd Foreign Regiment was decisive in the battle of Icheriden () which, on June 24, led to the success of the operation.