Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tīmata a De Borre i tana mahi hōia i roto i te ope kingi o Wīwī hei kaihauturu. I mahi ia hei rangatira hoiho i roto i nga kaupapa maha i te Pakanga o te Whanaketanga o Austria. I te tau 1745 i tino whara ia. I te tau 1757 i whakaarahia e ia he roopu mai i tona taone nui o Liège i Belgium inaianei engari kaore i kite i tetahi mahi i roto i te Pakanga e whitu Tau. A, no te taenga mai ia ki Amerika i roto i te 1776, te
I whakawhiwhia ia e te Second Continental Congress hei rangatira rangatira. I whakawhiwhia e George Washington a de Borre ki te whakahau i te 2nd Maryland Brigade i te wehenga a John Sullivan. I arahina e ia ana hoia ki Staten Island me Brandywine. I te pakanga whakamutunga i whakaatuhia e ia kaore ia e kaha ki te whakahaere i ana hoia i roto i te mahi. I te whakawehi i a ia ki te kooti hōia, ka whakarere ia, ka wehe atu i Amerika i te tau 1779. I whakatairangahia ia ki te rangatira rangatira i te ope French i te tau 1780, engari kaore i taea e ia te mahi kaha.