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I te Pakanga o te Whanaketanga o Bavarian kua eke ia ki te rangatira. I te tau 1779, i whakawāteatia ia e tētahi tirotirohanga i muri i tana whakapae i te pōro. I whakatairangahia ia ki a Major i te tau 1784, Oberst-Leutnant i te Maehe 1787, me te Oberst i te Oketopa 1787.