Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Motte-Rouge an horar da shi a makarantar soja ta Saint-Cyr daga 1819 zuwa 1821, an sanya shi zuwa balaguron Mutanen Espanya
a matsayin laftanan na biyu a cikin rundunar bindiga ta 22. Ya shaida yakin Corunna da San Sebastián, kuma ya kasance wani ɓangare na sojojin mamayewa a cikin rarrabuwa na Madrid har zuwa 1825.