Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1789, ka riro ia hei kaikawe rangatira i roto i te Ekaterinoslav Grenadier Regiment ka uru atu ki te Pakanga o Russo-Turkish; i te tau 1792-1794, i mahi ia i roto i te
I te Pakanga Rūhia-Polish ka whara ia i te kopu i Praga, i te taha o te awa mai 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.