Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A watan Satumbar 1800 an ba shi umurnin wani rukunin Sojojin Tsaro. A cikin 1803 ya zama colonel na 10th Infantry regiment, wanda ya jagoranci a cikin kamfen na 1805 da 1806-1807
, suna fada a Austerlitz, Jena da Eylau. A watan Fabrairun 1807 an daukaka Pouzet zuwa janar de brigade kuma a 1808 ya jagoranci brigade a cikin rukunin Sebastiani a Spain. Ya yi aiki na ɗan lokaci a matsayin shugaban ma'aikata ga tsohon abokinsa Marshal Lannes kuma ya yi yaƙi a Tudela kafin ya koma umurnin brigade. A watan Oktoba na 1808 an ɗaukaka shi a matsayin baron.