Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na Agha nke Mbụ Coalition, Knesebeck sonyere na ọdachi na n'onwe ya na-akụda mmụọ Agha nke Valmy na mmeri ndị sochirinụ na
Primasens, nakwa Agha nke Mbụ na nke Abụọ nke Kaiserslautern. N'ịbụ onye nkụda mmụọ site na mkparịta ụka nke oge a banyere agha ahụ, Knesebeck bipụtara akwụkwọ n'okpuru aha nzuzo nke onye na-ekiri Switzerland, na-enyocha mkpọsa ahụ n'ụzọ zuru ezu na mmejọ na nghọta ọha na eze. Dabere na ahụmịhe ya n'oge esemokwu ahụ, ọ kwadoro maka nchekwa miri emi, yana ngwa agha na usoro ọkọnọ siri ike, yana jikọtara ya na ebe ewusiri ike. Ka ọ na-erule afọ 1794, Duke nke Brunswick, onye isi ndị agha jikọtara ọnụ nke Coalition, achọpụtala ikike Knesebeck, e nyekwara ya iwu ka ọ rụọ ọrụ ya, ebe a kwalitere ya ọtụtụ oge (1797 "Premierlieutenant", 1799 Captain, 1802 Major).