Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Jacquinot i Melun i te 3 o Akuhata 1772. Whai muri i tana kura hoia i Pont-à-Mousson, ka uru ia ki te 1st Battalion o Meurthe Volunteers hei rangatira i te tau 1791. I whakawhitihia ia ki te 1st Chasseurs à Cheval Regiment hei kaihauturu i te tau 1793. E rua tau i muri mai ka tohua ia hei kaitohutohu ki a Pierre de Ruel, Marquis de Beurnonville hei rangatira. I te Pakanga o te Whakawhanaunga Tuatahi, i whawhai te 1 Chasseurs i nga pakanga o Arlon i te tau 1793, Fleurus i te tau 1794, Altenkirchen i te tau 1796 me Neuwied i te tau 1797. I te Pakanga Tuarua o te Rōpū, i whawhai te rārangi i nga pakanga o
Ko Ostrach rāua ko Stockach i te tau 1799.