Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1803, na nhazi nke ndị agha Napoleon, aha "Chef-de-Brigade" laghachiri na Colonel; Defrance jigidere iwu ya nke 12th Regiment nke "Chasseurs-a-Cheval". Akpọrọ ya onye ọrụ nke Légion d'honneur na 14 June 1804. Na 1 Febụwarị 1805, ọ nabatara nkwalite ya na brigadier general ma nye ndị ọchịagha iwu na mkpọsa nke Danube megide Austria na Russia na agha nke Ulm na
Ọ bụ Austerlitz.