Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i te French Revolution, i haere tonu a Ney ki te mahi i roto i te mea inaianei ko te French Revolutionary Army, i roto i te Army o te Raki. I te marama o Hepetema 1792 i kite ia i te mahi i te
I te Pakanga o Valmy a i te Oketopa i whakawhiwhia ia hei rangatira 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