Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Akatanga basa rake achirwisa mauto echimurenga eFrance. Pakutanga muhondo dzeFirst Coalition, akaona kukunda paNeerwinden muna 1793, asati akundwa paWattignies muna 1793 naFleurus muna 1794. Muna 1796, semukuru wemauto ose eAustria aiva paRhine, Charles akakunda Jean-Baptiste Jourdan paAmberg neWürzburg, uye akazowana kukunda paEmmendingen kwakamanikidza Jean Victor Marie Moreau kuti adzokere mhiri kweRhine. Akakundawo vavengi vake paZurich, Ostrach
, Stockach, uye Messkirch muna 1799. Akachinja mauto eAustria kuti atore nheyo yokuti rudzi runofanira kuva nezvombo. Muna 1809, akapinda muHondo yeChishanu yeMubatanidzwa uye akaita kuti Napoleon adzokere shure kwekutanga paAspern-Essling, asati atambura kukundwa muhondo yeropa yeWagram. Pashure paWagram, Charles haana kuzoonazve chiito chinokosha muHondo dzaNapoleon.