An ƙirƙira shi a matsayin hussards Colonel Général a ranar 31 ga Yuli 1783 don Duke na Chartres, ta hanyar ɗaukar rundunar soja guda ɗaya daga kowane rukuni na Bercheny, Chamborant, Conflans da Esterhazy na hussars. A ranar 30 ga Mayu 1788 an karfafa shi da wasu sojoji da aka karɓa daga regiment de Quercy, regiment de Septimanie, regiment de Nassau, regiment de La Marck, regiment de Franche-Comté da regiment des Évéchés, dukkansu a lokacin ƙungiyoyin sojan doki. Sabuwar rundunar hussar za ta shiga yaƙi sau da yawa a lokacin Yaƙin na 1 da na 2 Coalitions. Irin waɗannan yaƙe-yaƙe masu ban mamaki sun haɗa da,
Valmy (1792), Croix-aux-Bois (1792), Maasricht (1792), Hondschoote (1793), Flerus (1794), Stockach (1799), Yaƙin na biyu na Zurich (1799), da kuma Hohenlinden (1800).