Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Armand Carrel an haife shi ne a Rouen. Mahaifinsa attajiri ne, kuma ya sami ilimi mai zurfi a "Lycée Pierre Corneille" a Rouen, bayan haka ya halarci makarantar soja a St Cyr. Yana da matukar sha'awar manyan janar na Napoleon, kuma ruhunsa mara daidaituwa da ra'ayoyin kansa sun sa shi a matsayin jagora. Shiga cikin rundunar a matsayin mataimakin laftanan, ya ɗauki ɓoye amma mai aiki a cikin Rukunin Belfort wanda bai yi nasara ba. A lokacin yakin da aka yi da Spain
a cikin 1823, Carrel, wanda ya nuna juyayi tare da manufa mai sassaucin ra'ayi, ya yi murabus, kuma ya yi nasarar tserewa zuwa Barcelona. Ya shiga rundunar 'yan kasashen waje kuma ya yi yaƙi da abokan aikinsa na dā. An tilasta rundunar ta mika wuya a kusa da Figueres, kuma tsohon janar dinsa, Damas, ya kama Carrel. Akwai matsala mai yawa game da sharuddan mika wuya, kuma wani majalisa na yaki ya yanke wa Carrel hukuncin kisa. Ba a zartar da hukuncin ba, ba da daɗewa ba aka wanke shi kuma aka sake shi.