Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whawhai ia i nga pakanga katoa a Louis XIV <unk> te Pakanga Franco-Dutch, te Pakanga o nga Tau e iwa, te Pakanga o te Whakauru o Spain. I riro ia hei Koronela o te Royal Dragoon Regiment mai i te Mei 1679 ki te Paenga-whawha 1693 ka uru ki nga whakapae o Limbourg, Condé, Valenciennes,
Cambrai, Luxembourg me te Pakanga o Steinkerque, i whara ai ia i te ringa na te pupuhi puhi. I te Poutu-te-rangi 1693 i tohua ia hei Maréchal de camp a i whakatairangahia ia hei Lieutenant-General i te Hanuere 1702.