Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei waahanga - I haere a Krieghammer ki te Theresian Military Academy i Wiener Neustadt, i whakauruhia hei rangatira ki te 5th Imperial and Royal Dragoons regiment i te 1849 ka whawhai ki te taha o Austria i te Huringa Hungarian
He aha? I uru ia ki te Pakanga Tuarua o te Motuhake o Itari i te tau 1859 me te Pakanga Austro-Prussian i te tau 1866, me te taumata o Rittmeister. Whai muri i tetahi wa i te Kriegsschule, i whakatairangahia ia ki te Matua me te kaitiaki parirau o te Emepara i te tau 1869, katahi ka Oberst i te 1874, Major General i te 1879, ka mutu ko te Lieutenant Field Marshal i te 1881.