Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - MuHondo yeFirst Coalition, Knesebeck akapinda munjodzi uye zvakashungurudza Hondo yeValmy uye kukunda kwakatevera paPrimasens
, pamwe chete neHondo Yokutanga neYechipiri yeKaiserslautern. Ashungurudzwa nehurukuro yenguva iyoyo yehondo, Knesebeck akaburitsa bhuku pasi pezita rekunyepedzera remutariri weSwitzerland, achiongorora mushandirapamwe zvakadzama uye zvikanganiso mukuona kwayo kwevanhu. Zvichibva pane zvaakasangana nazvo panguva yekurwisana, akatsigira kudzivirira kwakadzama, nehurongwa hwakasimba hwekugovera zvinhu uye mitsara yekugovera, uye yakabatanidzwa nenhare dzakasimbiswa. Pakazosvika 1794 kugona kwaKnesebeck kwakanga kwacherechedzwa naDuke weBrunswick, mutungamiri wemauto akabatanidzwa eCoalition, uye akarayirwa kuvashandi vake, kwaakakwidziridzwa kakawanda (1797 "Premierlieutenant", 1799 Captain, 1802 Major).