 Praising Hijikata's ability as a leader, he said that if the man had been in Europe, he most certainly would have been a general.Brunet and the other French advisers were wanted by the Imperial government, but 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.