Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A shekara ta 1796, ya yi aiki a karkashin Napoleon Bonaparte a yakin Italiya
, kuma an inganta shi "général de division" don kyakkyawan sabis a fagen. Brune ya umurci sojojin Faransa da suka mamaye Switzerland a shekara ta 1798 kuma suka kafa Jamhuriyar Helvetic A shekara mai zuwa, ya jagoranci sojojin Faransa don kare Amsterdam daga mamayewar Anglo-Rasha na Holland karkashin Duke na York, wanda ya yi nasara sosai <unk> sojojin Anglo-Rasha sun ci nasara a yakin Castricum, kuma an tilasta su, bayan da suka janye, su sake shiga. Ya ba da ƙarin sabis mai kyau a Vendée da a cikin Tsibirin Italiya daga 1799<unk>1801 (cin nasarar Yaƙin Pozzolo).