Kammala jumla mai zuwa: 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 cikin
Yaƙin Zorndorf a 1758 yayin Yaƙin Shekaru Bakwai.