Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mireur akaberekerwa muEscragnolles muna 1770, uye akadzidza sachiremba wemishonga paChikoro cheMishonga muMontpellier. Muna 1792, akava chiremba, asi akazvipira kupinda muchiuto nguva pfupi pashure pacho. Gore iroro, akaimba rwiyo rwehondo rwaRouget de Lisle paakanga achienda kuMarseilles kunoronga nokutungamirira vazvipiri vanobva mumataundi aiva pedyo. Nziyo yacho nokudaro yakava inozivikanwa se"La Marseillaise", iyo yakagamuchirwa sorwiyo rwenyika yeFrance muna 1795. Mukati mehondo, akarwa muHondo yeValmy
uye gare gare akabatira muHondo yeItaly yaNapoleon, kaviri achiramba chinzvimbo chagenera. Muna 1798, akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru uye akashanda pamwe naLouis Desaix muEgypt Campaign, kwaakarwa neMamelukes nemaOttomans. Muhondo iyi ndipo pakafa Mireur. Paakanga akatasva bhiza reArabia raakanga achangotenga, pashure penguva pfupi chete, akarwiswa nevaMameluke vatatu, uye akaurayiwa asati akwanisa kudaidzira kuti abatsirwe. Zita rake rakanyorwa pambiru yechi28 yeArc de Triomphe pamusoro pembiru yokumaodzanyemba, pedyo neAvenue Kleber. Akakudzwa segamba renyika nemhaka yebasa rake mukuita kuti "Marseillaise" ive yakakurumbira.