I te timatanga o te Pakanga o te Tuarua o te Rōpū i te tau 1799, he rangatira ia i te Cisalpine Republic e mahi ana hei Aide de Camp (ADC) ki a Jean Victor Marie Moreau, katahi ka Barthélemy Catherine Joubert i te pakanga i Itari ki te Raki. Whai muri i te matenga o Joubert i te Pakanga nui o Novi
I te mutunga o te pakanga, ka rere a Balabio me ana hoia ka uru atu ki nga ope i raro i a André Masséna, ka wehewehe ia hei ADC i te whakapae o Genoa 1800, i whakatairangahia ai ia hei Koronela.