Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I te marama o Hepetema 1800 i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te mana o tētahi rāngai o te Kaitiaki Consular. I te tau 1803 ka riro ia hei koronel o te 10th Infantry regiment, i arahina e ia i nga pakanga o te tau 1805 me te tau 1806-1807
, e whawhai ana ki Austerlitz, Jena me Eylau. I te Hui-tanguru 1807 i whakatairangahia a Pouzet ki te general de brigade a i te tau 1808 i arahi ia i tetahi pirihimana i te wehenga o Sebastiani i Spain. I mahi ia hei rangatira kaimahi mo tana hoa tawhito a Marshal Lannes me te whawhai ki Tudela i mua i tana hokinga ki tana rangatira piriti. I te Oketopa 1808 i whakahonoretia ia hei rangatira.