Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau a Léchelle i te 2 o Aperira 1760 ki Puyréaux. I a ia e taiohi ana ka uru ia ki te ope taua a French Royal hei tangata takitahi, ana ka riro ia hei rangatira taiapa i Saintes. I te pakarutanga o te French Revolution ka uru ia ki te Tiaki Motu o Charente-Inférieure. I te tau 1791 ka riro ia hei koromatua tuarua mo te 1st "Charente" Battalion o nga kaitohutohu. I te 20 o Mahuru 1792 i whawhai te roopu i te Pakanga o Valmy
hei wāhanga o te Runga Maui i raro i a Jean-Pierre François de Chazot. I te 6 o Noema i taua tau ko te 1 "Charente" i te Pakanga o Jemappes i whakauruhia ai ki roto i te 1st Brigade a François Richer Drouet o te Raina Tuatahi o te Runga Maui i raro i a Jean Henri Becays Ferrand.