[1] His military record in the Service historique de défense à Vincennes leaves little room for his colonial youth.

After high school, he left his native island and entered the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr on November 11, 1827.

[citation needed] On August 12, 1854, he was made an officer of the legion; he would receive the English Baltic Medal in November 1856 (see the section below).

Distinguished by his leaders, he obtained the superior command of the occupation body in Greece, which he exercised from November 1854 to 1856 (Military file).

On this occasion, he was mentioned on the agenda by General Cousin-Montauban, commander-in-chief of the French expeditionary force, "For his good behavior during the attack and the capture of the Taku Forts" (August 21, 1860).

He was sent to Tonkin, and with the 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment, he encountered extreme Vietnamese resistance during the Siege of Tourane and lost the battle.

Vice-admiral Charner, commander-in-chief of the Naval Division of the Seas of China and responsible for the Cochinchina expeditionary force, which was present at his side during the fighting, had him summoned to the Order of the Army for "his exceptional conduct.

On this occasion, he was decorated by order of Her Majesty the Queen of Spain Isabella II, with the Grand Cross of Isabelle the Catholic.

To say that he was assiduous in this village is not an empty word since, in 1866, he donated a stained glass window to Abbé Monville (parish priest of Etretat) for the Notre Dame church.

In 1868, during the reorganization of Troupes de la Marine, special corps, battalions of apprentice sailors and riflemen and schools of Troop Children, he was appointed Inspector General Chief of Staff of the Army.

[4] He leads this reorganization with his assistants: Generals Reboul and Martin des Pallières which relates to the strength of the forces and their new distributions; regulations related to the Weapon, campaigns, and stays in the Colonial Empire, the composition of the regiments (four Infantry and one Artillery) with Engineer units, echelon support and crew trains as well as the design of a new outfit for France and the colonies of the Second French Empire.

[6] In March 1871, after the Treaties of Versailles and Belfort, he was released and went to Pau where he fell seriously ill. After that, however, he wrote to his supervising minister to resume service.

He introduced this town to several Parisian friends, particularly his elders, the major generals Hubert Lyautey and Mangin and to Vice-admiral Dupetit- Thouars.

This name resonated that day and summed up this full life by virtue of the Duty that he had accomplished and, which each year the Regiments of the Marine Troops honour, in Fréjus, in Bazeilles and their garrisons.In 1898, seven years after the death of General de Vassoigne, Nestor Thurin, Martin Arthur Vatinel and Evode Barrey, municipal councillors and veterans of 1870 launched a subscription for the erection of a monument commemorating this war.