 He was made a Knight of the Order of the Legion d'honneur on January 9 1833 and was promoted to Captain on April 26 1837.With 19th Light, he disembarked in Africa in 1841.On October 16 1842, he was designated as Chef de bataillon at the 13th Light Infantry Regiment in Algeria where he was wounded, on May 3, by fires during the combat of djebel Boukoulouf.