Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I mahi ia i Itari, i te tokotoko hoki o Eugène de Beauharnais i te pakanga o Rūhia i te tau 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 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.