Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tīmata tana mahi hōia i tana rēhitatanga i te tau 1777. I te wā o te French Revolution ka tere tana eke ki te taumata o te rangatira. I whakawhiwhia ia ki te "général de brigade" i te tau 1793 ka whawhai ia ki te Pakanga o Fleurus (1794). I roto i te ope o te Danube, i whawhai hoki ia i te
Ko te Pakanga o Ostrach me te Pakanga o Stockach (1799). Hei "général de division" i whawhai ia i raro i a Jean Victor Marie Moreau i te Pakanga o Hohenlinden (1800), i angitu te pupuri i te taha maui.