Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i tana ako i te Whare Wānanga o Sorèze (1793<unk>1798), ka uru atu ia ki te 1st Hussards Regiment hei kaihauturu i te 3 o Mahuru 1799. I mahi ia i raro i a General Jean-Mathieu Seras, nana nei i whakatairanga ia ki te taumata o te kaitiaki i te 1 o Tihema 1799. I taua marama ano, i te 31 o Tihema 1799, i whakatairangahia ia ki te taumata o te tuarua tuarua hei whakanui i tona maia. I whawhai ia ki te ope taua o Itari, ā, i uru ki te
Ko te Pakanga o Marengo me te Siege o Genoa, i mate ai tana papa, a General Jean-Antoine Marbot.