Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - I whakatairangahia ia ki te koronel, a tata tonu ana ki te uru atu ki te whakaekenga French o Russia, e mahi ana i roto i te First Western Army. I whara ia i te kanohi i te Pakanga o Valutino
I whara ia i te whakaekenga i te Pakanga o Borodino, engari i kaha tonu ia ki te whawhai i te Pakanga o Krasnoi. I te tau 1813, i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te Order o St. George o te Tuatoru o nga Tohu me te Order o St. Alexander Nevsky. Mai i te tau 1813 ki te tau 1814, i whakahau ia i tetahi pirihimana i raro i a Field Marshal Wittgenstein me te wehewehe i a ia ano i te Pakanga o Lützen.