Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Basa rake rehondo rakatanga paakanyoresa muna 1777. Mukati meRevolution yeFrance akasimuka nokukurumidza muchiuto kusvika pakuva lieutenant colonel. Akasimudzirwa kuva "général de brigade" muna 1793 uye akarwa muhondo yeFleurus (1794). Sorutivi rweDanube Army, akarwawo pa
Hondo yeOstrach uye Hondo yeStockach (1799). Sa "général de division" akarwa pasi paJean Victor Marie Moreau muhondo yeHohenlinden (1800), achibudirira kubata divi reruboshwe.