Kammala wannan jumla: Da yake yana son ya zama soja kuma ba zai iya yin rantsuwar rantsuwar rantsuwar rantsuwar ba a cikin sojojin Ingila, Richard ya bi misalin 'yan uwansa George da Anthony kuma ya shiga aikin Faransa. A shekara ta 1671 an ba shi izini a cikin rundunar da George ya kafa. Wannan rukunin ya yi yaƙi don Faransa a cikin yaƙin Franco-Dutch (1672-1678). Dole ne ya yi yaƙi tare da George a ƙarƙashin Turenne a yaƙe-yaƙe na Sinsheim a ranar 16 ga Yuni 1674, kuma
Entzheim a ranar 6 ga watan Oktoba. A Entzheim 'yan uwansa George da Anthony sun ji rauni. Raunin George da Anthony da kuma tafiya zuwa Ingila, wanda aka bayyana a ƙasa, wanda 'yan'uwa uku suka yi, ya sa suka rasa yakin da Turenne ya yi a shekara ta 1674/1675, lokacin da Faransawa suka yi tafiya zuwa kudu kuma suka ba da mamaki ga masu mulkin mallaka ta hanyar kaddamar da harin ba zato ba tsammani a Upper Alsace, wanda ya ƙare a nasarar Turennes a yakin Turckheim a ranar 5 ga Janairu 1675.