 She chose General Cousin-Montauban, better known as the Count of Palikao, seventy-four years old, the former commander of the French expeditionary force to China, as her new prime minister.The Count of Palikao named Marshal François Achille Bazaine, the commander of the French forces in Lorraine, as the new military commander.Napoleon III proposed returning to Paris, realizing that he was doing no good for the army.