Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Gerard anorondedzera nhau dzacho kubva mumaonero omurume akwegura zvino anogara pamudyandigere muParis. Tinowana kuti akaberekerwa muGascony mukutanga kwema1780 (ane makore makumi maviri nemashanu mu "Maitiro eBrigadier Akatora Saragossa"). Mu "How the Brigadier Rode to Minsk" anopinda kuongororwa kwemauto ave kuda kuenda kuCrimea (1854<unk>5), uye iri ndiro zuva rekupedzisira rinozivikanwa muhupenyu hwake, kunyangwe "The Last Adventure of the Brigadier" iine mamiriro ekupedzisira, naGerard ave kuda kudzokera kumusha kwake kweGascon. Akatanga kubatana ne2nd Hussars <unk> the Hussars of Chamberan <unk> munenge muna 1799, achishanda semutevedzeri uye kaputeni wechidiki. Anoona chiito chokutanga paMarengo
muItaly muna 1800. Anochinjirwa ku3rd Hussars yeConflans muna 1807 semukuru mukuru. Anotaura chiNgezi chisina kujairika, chaakadzidza kubva kumukuru mukuru weIrish Brigade yeuto reFrance. Pakazosvika 1810 akanga ava colonel we2nd Hussars. Anobatira muSpain, Portugal, Italy, Germany neRussia. Anopiwa Grand-Cross yeLégion d'honneur naNapoleon muna 1814. Kune misiyano yakasiana-siana munhoroondo dzoupenyu hwake, zvikurukuru kuti munhau dzose kunze kwokupedzisira haana kuroora.