Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Akaiswa muprytanée paSaint-Cyr, akapinda muchiuto semunhu oga mu1st Cuirassier Regiment muna 1803 uye achipinda chikoro chemauto paFontainebleau musi wa23 Gumiguru 1804, achisiya se sous-lieutenant mu15th Regiment yeLine. Akashanda muuto iroro muAusterlitz
, mishandirapamwe yePrussian nePoland, ichitaurwa mumatumwa kuAusterlitz uye yakakuvadzwa kuJena (1806). Akakwidziridzwa kuva lieutenant musi wa30 Mbudzi 1806 akagamuchira muchinjikwa weLégion d'honneur paEylau (1807).