Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I mawhiti a Corbet i te tau 1803 ka hoki ki Parani. I tohua ia hei kaiwhakaako mo te reo Ingarihi i te whare wananga hoia o St Cyr. I muri mai i taua tau ka riro ia hei Kapene i te Irish Legion. Whai muri i te matenga o tona tuakana a Thomas (i roto hoki i te Legion) i roto i te tukinga me tetahi atu rangatira, i whakawhitihia ia ki te 70th Regiment o te raina, i mahi ai ia i te haerenga a Massena ki Portugal, a ka wehewehe ia i te wehenga mai i Torres Vedras me te pakanga o Sabugal. Whai muri i te pakanga o Salamanca i tohua ia hei chef de bataillon o te 47th regiment ka mahi tae noa ki te 1813 i karangatia ai ia ki Tiamana ki te whakauru ki nga kaimahi o Marshal Marmont. I mahi ia i nga pakanga o
Ko Lutzen, Bautzen, Dresden me etahi atu, a ka waiho hei rangatira mo te Legion of Honor. I te marama o Tihema 1814, i whakawhiwhia ia hei taangata French. I te tau 1815, i muri i te wehenga o Napoleon i whakatairangahia ia ki te koronel me te rangatira o nga kaimahi ki a General d'Aumont i Caen.