Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Jean Christophe Collin, ainzi Verdière, aiva mukuru mukuru weFrance weCavalry muHondo dzeFrance dzeKushanduka uye Hondo dzeNapoleon. Akazvarwa musi wa18 January 1754 muParis. Mwanakomana waChristopher Collin (Colin) weLa Verdière, akanga ari muzvipiri muDragons muna 1767. Akava kaputeni weHussars yeLauzun muna 1778, colonel weParis Cavalry muna 1789, uye brigadier muna 1795. Akabatsira kudzvinyirira kumukira kwaMambo kwa5 Gumiguru 1795, uye akabatana neuto reItaly muna 1796. Akatungamirira boka revarwi muParis muna 1797, uye akagadzwa General wechikamu gore rakatevera. Gare gare, akapinda mumishandirapamwe yeHondo yeDanube muna 1799, paHondo yeOstrach
uye neStockach; gare gare gore iroro, akabatanidzwa mumishandirapamwe yaAndre Massena kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweSwitzerland, muHondo Yokutanga yeZurich. Aive chikamu cheGrand Army ya 1802 1806, uye akakuvara muhondo yeJena-Auerstadt. Akafa mazuva mashomanene pashure pehondo, pana 18 October 1806.