Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An horar da shi a Saint-Cyr, ya yi aiki na ɗan gajeren lokaci a cikin masu tsaron lafiyar Louis XVIII, kuma ya shiga layin a matsayin laftanan a watan Janairun 1815. Ya sami bambanci a yakin basasar Spain na 1823
, kuma ya zama kyaftin a 1825. A cikin 1830 ya shiga Royal Guard kuma aka aika shi zuwa Arewacin Afirka, inda ya shiga cikin binciken Mascara. Ya zama kwamandan a 1835, ya bambanta kansa a karkashin Marshal Clauzel a yakin da Ahmed Pasha, bey na Constantine, kuma ya zama laftanan-kolonel a 1837. Bangaren da ya dauka a cikin, yawon bude ido na Portes-de-Fer ya ba shi wani colonel, kuma nasararsa a kan Hajutas da Kabyles, giciye na Legion of Honor.