 Miche, together with five French soldiers, organized an army that expelled the rebels.By around 1863–1864, Miche had secured Norodom's trust and Ernest Doudart de Lagrée, a French naval officer, convinced Norodom to allow the establishment of the French Protectorate of Cambodia.Miche continued his missionary activities in Indochina until his death in 1873 in Saigon.