Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Shigar da sojojin Birtaniya a 1797 a matsayin Ensign a cikin 32nd Regiment of Foot Bentinck sa'an nan kuma ya sayi ci gaba ga Lieutenant kuma daga bisani ya zama Kyaftin a cikin 24th Light Dragoons. An sanya shi a kan rabin albashi Bentinck an haɗa shi da sojojin Rasha da Austriya a Italiya a lokacin Yaƙin Ƙungiyar ta Biyu a lokacin da ya shiga cikin yaƙe-yaƙe na
Novi (1799) da Marengo (1800) kazalika da kasancewa a cikin Siege na Alexandria (1801).