Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tukuna a Quesnel ki te mahi kaha me te ope taua o Itari i te 6 o Hui-tanguru 1799. I te timatanga o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Whakawhanaunga, i arahi a Quesnel i tetahi pirihimana i roto i te wehenga a Paul Grenier. Ko te wehenga i hangaia e nga roopu e toru o te 17th, 24th, me te 106th Demi-Brigades, kotahi te roopu o te 2nd Helvetica Legion me te 1st Polish Legion, 450 nga hoia eke hoiho, me tetahi pere pere pere. I arahi ia i tana pereti i te Pakanga o Verona i te 26 o Poutu-te-rangi 1799, te Pakanga o Magnano i te 5 o Paenga-whawha, me te Pakanga o Cassano i te 27-28 o Paenga-whawha. I te Pakanga o Bassignana i te 12 o Mei 1799, i werohia ia ki te ringa maui. I te
Ko te Pakanga o Novi (1799) I arahina e Quesnel tetahi parirau i roto i te wehenga a Pierre Garnier de Laboissière. Ko te piritiata ko te 17th Light me te 63rd Line Infantry Regiments. Na te wharanga mamae o te ringa i akiaki ia ki te tango i te wehenga mai i te ope taua. Mai i te 1 o Hune 1801, i mau a Quesnel i tetahi pou hoia i te Cisalpine Republic. E rua tau i muri mai ka riro ia hei rangatira mo nga hoia tata ki Faenza.