Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te 7 o Hōngongoi 1756 i whakatairangahia ia hei rangatira, ā, i te tau 1758, hei rangatira o te puhi, i huaina ināianei ko "Thadden zu Fuss". I te Pakanga e whitu nga Tau, i whawhai ia i te Pakanga o Gross-Jägersdorf me te Pakanga o Zorndorf (1758). I te 1759 i whawhai ia i Pomerania me Mecklenburg, i te 1761 i Saxony me Silesia, a, i te 1762, i Silesia. I te 21 o Hōngongoi i arahi ia i nga roopu roopu e rua ki te whakaeke i te Maunga Leutmannsdorf i te Pakanga o Burkersdorf
I whakawhiwhia ki a ia te Order Pour le Mérite mo tenei maia.