Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1830 da 1831 ya shiga cikin yakin Holland a Belgium
, kuma a cikin 1844, bayan da aka ba shi mukamin janar, an tura shi a kan wani muhimmin manufa zuwa Dutch East Indies don bincika halin da ake ciki na tsaro na soja. A cikin 1847, an nada shi gwamnan a Hague, kuma kwamandan a Kudancin Holland.