Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Laurent akanga ari musojawo zvake pakatanga French Revolution muna 1789. Zvichibva pamabasa ake akanaka, akasimudzirwa kuva brigadier general muna 1794 uye akashanda mumauto akasiyana-siyana mumishandirapamwe yeFrance yekurwisana neFrance.
Mubatanidzwa Wokutanga noWechipiri. Akanga ari muHondo yeValmy. Akatorawo chikamu muhondo yekutanga neyechipiri paLines of Weissenburg muna 1793, pamwe nehondo paHondo yeSaverne neLandau neArmy of the Moselle; akakuvadzwa kaviri mugumbo, kamwe achifamba pakati peSluis kwaaigara, neBrussels. Akanga ane mutoro wokudzivirira mhenderekedzo yeZeeland. Akashanda achienderera mberi kusvika kuChibvumirano cheCampo Formio, kunyangwe akakuvara gumbo, kazhinji pamutsetse wepamberi. Akaitwa Mutungamiriri weLegion of Honor pakurudziro yaJean François Aimé Dejean June 1804. Gare gare akashandiswa mudhipatimendi reJemmapes.