Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I whanau a Lobréau i te 24 o Poutu-te-rangi 1748 i Hautvilliers, Champagne, ko te Marne o tenei ra. Ko ia te tama a Gerard Lobreau, he taakuta, me d'Élisabeth Macquart me te marena ki a Marie Barbe Eulalie Graillet. I uru ia ki te mahi hei kaipatu pupuhi i te 2 o nga pu o Metz, ka whawhai i Corsica mai i te 1768-1769; i te tau 1769 ko te wikitoria a French i te Pakanga o Ponte Novu i mutu te wa poto o te mana motuhake o Corsica. I muri mai, ka eke ia ki te kapa o Admiral D'Estaign ki te whai wāhi ki te Campaign o Yorktown i te tau 1782 me te 1783. I muri i te whawhai ki te Pakanga Tuatahi
, ina koa i te raki o Itari me te Rhine Campaign o te tau 1796, i te wa i whakahau ai ia i te pu i te whakapae i Kehl, ka hoki ia ki Parani, i reira ia i tirotiro ai i te hanganga o nga whakapae o Brest. I whakawhiwhia ki a ia te ripeka o te Legion of Honor.