[3] In the Battle of Veracruz (1838) he played an important role in the attack on San Juan de Ulúa.

In July 1844 Page was aide-de-camp to Minister of the Navy and Colonies Ange René Armand, baron de Mackau.

Page was appointed commander in chief of the Oceania naval division in September 1851 with the Artémise as his flagship.

Page was energetic and enterprising, and helped the recovery of Tahiti after the devastation of the Franco-Tahitian War.

[2] He developed the Pointe de Fare Ute with two docks, an arsenal and warehouses, which encouraged whalers to use Papeete for refreshment.

[4] In August 1858 Page was promoted to contre-amiral (rear admiral) and then was given command of the China Seas division.

[4] He spent 1859 to 1861 on the China and Indochina fronts, where he served beside and then replaced Charles Rigault de Genouilly.

[4] He was governor of Tourane (now Da Nang) from 19 October 1859 to 23 March 1860, replacing Rigault de Genouilly.

The treaty with China torn by cannon fire, in Canton a military occupation forced to become the city's police, in Tourane [Da Nang], a real charnel house where a thousand of our men died of misery, without purpose, without result.

"[3] In February 1860 Page had to divert most of his forces to reinforce Admiral Léonard Charner in China, where France was at war.

[8] On 23 March 1860 Page replaced Bernard Jauréguiberry, acting governor of Cochinchina in Saigon.

[6] Prosper de Chasseloup-Laubat, Minister of the Navy, disagreed with Page's Vietnamese policy and had him transferred.