Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Whai muri i te French Revolution, i haere tonu a Ney ki te mahi i roto i te mea ko te French Revolutionary Army inaianei, i roto i te Army o te Raki. I te marama o Hepetema 1792 i kite ia i te pakanga i Valmy
A, i te Oketopa, ka whakawhiwhia ia hei kaitohutohu i raro i te Republic. Hei rangatira i uru ia ki te Pakanga o Neerwinden i te tau 1793 ka whara ia i te Siege o Mainz, i te tau 1793. i te Pipiri 1794, i whakawhitihia ia ki te Army of Sambre-et-Meuse