Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Lobréau a ranar 24 ga Maris, 1748 a Hautvilliers, Champagne, wanda yake Marne a yau. Shi ɗan Gerard Lobreau ne, likita, da d'Élisabeth Macquart kuma ya auri Marie Barbe Eulalie Graillet. Ya shiga aiki a matsayin mai harbi a cikin rukunin bindigogi na 2 na Metz, kuma ya yi yaƙi a Corsica daga 1768-1769; a cikin 1769 nasarar Faransa a yakin Ponte Novu ya kawo ƙarshen ɗan gajeren lokacin ikon Corsica. Daga bisani, ya shiga tare da rundunar Admiral D'Estaign don shiga cikin yakin Yorktown a 1782 da 1783. Bayan yaƙi a Yaƙe-yaƙe da Coalition na Farko
, musamman a arewacin Italiya da Kamfen na Rhine na 1796, lokacin da ya umurci bindigogi a kewaye da Kehl, ya koma Faransa, inda ya kula da gina gine-ginen Brest. Ya karɓi giciye na Legion of Honor.