Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I te tau 1789, ka riro ia hei koromatua tuarua i roto i te Ekaterinoslav Grenadier Regiment ka uru ki te Pakanga Russo-Turkish; i te tau 1792-1794, i mahi ia i te Pakanga Russo-Polish
I whara ia ki te kopu i Praga, i te taha o te awa i Warsaw. I te tau 1797 i whakatairangahia ia ki te koroneela, a i te tau 1798 ki te rangatira nui, engari i whakahawea ia e Paul I ka tukuna atu i te ope taua i te tau 1798.