Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Von Wylich ya fara aikin soja a 1737; ya shiga cikin dukkan yaƙe-yaƙe da yaƙe-yaƙe a ƙarƙashin Frederick Mai Girma kuma ya hau matsayin Janar na Sojojin doki a 1794 kafin ya yi ritaya a 1795. Ya karbi umarnin Pour le Mérite don jaruntakarsa a yakin Zorndorf.
a 1758 a lokacin Yakin Shekaru Bakwai.