Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akazvarwa musi wa20 Gumiguru 1760 paLorry-Devant-le-Pont, muUmambo hweFrance, Roget akapinda muchiuto mu7th regiment ye "chasseurs a cheval" (light cavalry), musi wa13 Chivabvu 1777, semurwi akapfava. Muna 1793, se "sub-lieutenant" akashanda muuto raCustine paKukombwa kweMainz. Gare gare akashanda naMarceau-Desgraviers naKleber kudzvinyirira kumukira kweVendee. Pakupera kwokumukira muVendee, akanga asvika pachinzvimbo chemutevedzeri wemukuru wemauto. Akadanwa kuHondo yeRhine neMoselle, General Desaix akamupa mutungamiri we13th Dragoon Regiment, iyo yakanga yawana rukudzo muhondo pa
Valmy makore mana akanga apfuura; paHondo yeDierstein, akatungamirira 13th mubhadharo uye akakunda "Regiment D'Alton" yeAustria, achitora mireza miviri uye zvombo zvishanu. Akabva atendeukira kuOffenburg, uko akadzinga maAustria ndokuvatevera kupfuura Gengenbach; muchiito chechipiri, akatora pfuti ina kubva kuvaAustria, pamwe nemabhokisi makumi mana emidziyo, uye nhamba huru yevasungwa.