Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ya fara aikin soja a 1746, yana shiga cikin Yakin Shekaru Bakwai (1756<unk>1763). Ya kasance kwamandan kwamandan a cikin
Yaƙin Zorndorf. Rukunin nasa ya rasa jami'ai 60 da kusan rabin sojoji amma bai ja da baya ba. Sarauniya Elizabeth ta Rasha ta daukaka shi zuwa Colonel Rank. Ya kuma shiga cikin yakin Kunersdorf kuma daga baya aka nada shi kwamandan soji na Frankfurt.