Ka cika wannan jumlar: A shekara ta 1912, an kira shi zuwa aikin soja. An ji masa mummunan rauni a
Charleroi a lokacin yakin duniya na farko kuma aka kama shi fursuna. Ya shafe shekaru biyar a cikin fursunonin Jamus amma masu kama shi sun yaba da kwarewarsa ta fasaha, wanda ya ba shi takarda da fensir.