Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te 7 o Hōngongoi 1756 i whakatairangahia ia hei rangatira, a, i te tau 1758, ko ia te rangatira o te ope, i kiia nei ko "Thadden zu Fuss". I te Pakanga e whitu nga Tau, i whawhai ia i te Pakanga o Gross-Jägersdorf me te Pakanga o Zorndorf (1758). I te 1759 i whawhai ia i Pomerania me Mecklenburg, i te 1761 i Saxony me Silesia, a, i te 1762, i Silesia. I te 21 o Hōngongoi i arahi ia i nga roopu takitahi e rua ki te whakaeke i te pukepuke o Leutmannsdorf i te wa o te pakanga o te tau 1865.
Ko te Pakanga o Burkersdorf a i whakawhiwhia ki a ia mo tenei maia me te Order Pour le Mérite.