Return To France
Brunet and the other French advisers were wanted by the Imperial government. But they were evacuated from Hokkaidō, by a French warship (the corvette Coëtlogon, commanded by Dupetit-Thouars), and then taken to Saigon by the Dupleix. Brunet then returned to France.
The new Japanese government requested that Brunet be punished for his activities in the Boshin War. But his actions had won popular support in France, and the request was denied.
Instead, he was quickly rehabilitated and rejoined the French army. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871, he was taken prisoner at the Siege of Metz. After the war, he played a key role as a member of the Versailles Army in the suppression of the Paris Commune in 1871.
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