Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Lafayette ya koma lardinsa na Auvergne a watan Oktoba na 1791. Faransa ta yi wa Austria yaƙi
a ranar 20 ga Afrilu 1792, kuma shirye-shirye don mamaye Austrian Netherlands (Belgium na yau) ya fara. Lafayette, wanda aka ba shi mukamin Laftanar Janar a ranar 30 ga Yuni, 1791, ya karbi umurnin daya daga cikin rundunonin uku, Rundunar Sojoji ta Tsakiya, da ke Metz, a ranar 14 ga Disamba, 1791. Lafayette ya yi iya ƙoƙarinsa don tsara masu shiga da kuma masu tsaron kasa a cikin wani karfi mai karfi, amma ya gano cewa yawancin sojojinsa sun kasance masu goyon bayan Jacobin kuma suna ƙin manyan jami'an su. A ranar 23 ga Afrilu 1792 Robespierre ya bukaci Marquis de Lafayette ya yi murabus. Wannan motsin zuciyar ya kasance gama gari a cikin sojojin, kamar yadda aka nuna bayan Yaƙin Marquain, lokacin da sojojin Faransa da aka fatattake suka ja shugabansu Dillon zuwa Lille, inda taron jama'a suka yi masa yankan zumunci. Daya daga cikin kwamandojin sojojin, Rochambeau, ya yi murabus. Lafayette, tare da kwamandan na uku, Nicolas Luckner, ya nemi Majalisar da ta fara tattaunawar zaman lafiya, da damuwa game da abin da zai iya faruwa idan sojojin suka ga wani yaƙi.