Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I mahi ia i Itari me te kaimahi o Eugène de Beauharnais i te pakanga a Ruhia o 1812. I mauheretia ia i te wehenga mai i Moscow, i kaha ia ki te mawhiti me te whakauru ano ki te ope French. I muri i te
I te Pakanga o Lützen i te tau 1813 i whakatairangahia ia ki te rangatira o te brigade, i uru ia ki te Pakanga o Leipzig a i te tau 1814 i whakatairangahia ia ki te rangatira o te wehenga mo te tiaki i Nogent-sur-Seine. Whai muri i te hinganga o Napoleon, ka uru a Bourmont ki nga Bourbons.