Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An haifi Jacquinot a Melun a ranar 3 ga Agusta 1772. Bayan ya halarci makarantar soja a Pont-à-Mousson ya shiga cikin 1st Battalion na Meurthe Volunteers a matsayin laftanan a 1791. An canja shi zuwa 1st Chasseurs à Horse Regiment a matsayin mai kula da 1793. Shekaru biyu bayan haka an nada shi mataimakin Pierre de Ruel, Marquis de Beurnonville a matsayin laftanan. A lokacin Yaƙin Ƙungiyar Farko, 1st Chasseurs ya yi yaƙi a yakin Arlon a 1793, Fleurus a 1794, Altenkirchen a 1796 da Neuwied a 1797. A lokacin yakin na biyu na Coalition, rundunar ta yi yaƙi a yakin Ostrach.
da kuma Stockach a 1799.