Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I whakahokia mai hei chef d'escadron, i mahi a Jennings i nga Pakanga French Revolutionary. Ko ia te Kaiwhakahaere Corps i raro i a Charles François Dumouriez me Lafayette. He tino toa tana mahi i te Pakanga o Valmy
I te marama o Hepetema 1792, i te wā i ora ai tētahi rōpū hūtara i raro i tōna mana i tētahi wehenga katoa o Wīwī i te whakangaromanga. I te Whiringa-a-rangi 1792 i te Pakanga o Jemappes, i whawhai ia me te maia nui. I te wa i ngaro ai taua pakanga, ka huri a Kilmaine me te Duke o Chartres (Louis Philippe) i te hinga ki te wikitoria. I runga i te papa i whakaarahia ia ki te taumata o te Koronela Matua, a mai i taua ra ka mohiotia ko "le brillant et courageux Kilmaine".