Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - Vandamme sonyeere ndị agha na 1786 ma rịgoro n'ọkwá ngwa ngwa. Na mmalite nke French Revolutionary Wars na 1793 ọ bụ Brigadier General. O jere ozi na ọkwa a na mkpọsa nke 1794 na Low Countries, 1795 na Rhine na 1796 na Germany. A kpụpụrụ ya n'ụlọikpe ndị agha maka ịpụnara mmadụ ihe ma chụọ ya n'ọrụ. Mgbe e weghachiri ya, ọ lụrụ ọgụ na Agha nke Mbụ nke Stockach na 25 Machị 1799, mana nghọtahie ya na General Jean Moreau mere ka ezigara ya ọrụ ọrụ na Holland. Mgbe a na-alụ Agha Austerlitz
na 1805 o duziri ngalaba ya, n'akụkụ Gen. St. Hilaire, dịka akụkụ nke Marshal Soult's IV Corps na ebubo nke weghaara Pratzen Heights. N'ihi onye ndu ya, e nyere ya nnukwu ugo nke Legion of Honour.