Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Corbet akatiza muna 1803 ndokudzokera kuFrance. Akagadzwa kuva purofesa wechiNgezi pachikoro chechiuto cheSt Cyr. Gare gare gore iroro akava Kaputeni muIrish Legion. Kutevera kufa kwemukoma wake Thomas (uyo akanga ariwo muLegion) mukukwikwidzana nemumwe mukuru, akaendeswa ku70th Regiment yemutsara, kwaakashumira muMassena's expedition kuPortugal, uye akazviratidza pakudzoka kubva kuTorres Vedras uye muhondo yeSabugal. Pashure pehondo yeSalamanca akagadzwa chef de bataillon ye47th regiment uye akashanda kusvikira 1813 paakadanwa kuGermany kuti apinde muvashandi veMarshal Marmont. Akashanda muhondo dze
Lutzen, Bautzen, Dresden navamwe uye akaitwa mutungamiriri weLegion of Honour. Muna December 1814, akaitwa mugari weFrance. Muna 1815, pashure pokurega chigaro kwaNapoleon akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru mukuru uye mukuru wevashandi kuna General d'Aumont paCaen.