Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1789, he hātepu a Lefebvre i roto i ngā Gardes Françaises. Whai muri i tana whakakorenga, ka uru ia ki te Tiaki Motu, i reira i whiua ai ia e te tiaki i te Royal Family mai i te hunga riri, i muri mai ka uru atu ia ki te hurihanga. I whakatairangahia ia ki te rangatira rangatira i te tau 1793, i uru ia ki te Pakanga o Fleurus (24 Pipiri 1794). Whai muri i te matenga o General Louis Lazare Hoche i whakahau ia i te Ope Taua o Sambre-et-Meuse (Hepetema 1797). I muri mai ka whakahau ia i te rangatira o te ope o te Danube i raro i Jourdan i te Poutu-te-rangi 1799, ahakoa mo te wiki tuatahi o te pakanga i kore ia e kaha ki te ringworm a ka whakakapia ia e Dominique Vandamme mo te wa poto. I muri mai ka whara ia i te Pakanga o Ostrach
I reira i mau ai te Kaitiaki Tuatahi i te taumahatanga o te whawhai o mua. I Whiringa-a-rangi 1799, i whakahau a Lefebvre i nga hoia o Paris ka whakaae ki te tautoko i a Napoleon Bonaparte i tana "coup d'état". I te tau 1800, ka tohua ia e Bonaparte hei seneta.